Fw: [FSF] Free Software Supporter -- Issue 36, March 2011

[François Poulain <fpoulain AT metrodore.fr>]

Fyi.

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:00:54 -0400
De: Joshua Gay <jgay AT fsf.org>
À: info-fsf AT fsf.org
Sujet: [FSF]  Free Software Supporter -- Issue 36, March 2011


### Steer clear of Android Market and its DRM

Google recently made headlines after they identified some malware
being distributed through the Android Market. Not only did they stop
distributing those apps, but they used their "remote kill switch" to
remove the apps from phones where they were already downloaded. This
is a kind of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) that all computer
users should avoid.

In this case, the DRM is being used to prevent developers from
breaking phones' security and collecting personal information without
authorization. Those are laudable ends, but they don't justify the
means: anyone using the Android Market gives Google the power to
remove software from their phones.

* <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/android-market-has-drm-too>



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François Poulain <fpoulain AT metrodore.fr>

Sous un gouvernement qui emprisonne injustement, la place de l'homme
juste est aussi en prison. 
-+- Henry David Thoreau, La Désobéissance civile -+-