[Replicant] [PATCH] freedom-privacy-security-issues: Adapt the note about security issues with the webview

Wolfgang Wiedmeyer wolfgit at wiedmeyer.de
Sat Jun 17 20:32:17 UTC 2017


The link is changed to point to the Replicant 6.0 webview issue and
Replicant 4.2 is deprecated security-wise.

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Wiedmeyer <wolfgit at wiedmeyer.de>
---
 freedom-privacy-security-issues.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php b/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
index 0190315..f3923d7 100644
--- a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
+++ b/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 					<li>Using <a href="//www.torproject.org/">Tor</a> to achieve reliable anonymity, for instance with <a href="//www.torproject.org/docs/android.html.en">Orbot</a> on Replicant.</li>
 					<li>Using <a href="https://silence.im/">Silence</a> to encrypt SMS messages.</li>
 					<li>If the device is telephony-enabled, switching the modem to airplane mode or (when possible) turning it off when not in use, to avoid being tracked at all times.</li>
-					<li>Browsers using the webview framework (such as the browser shipped with Replicant and <a href="https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser">Lightning</a>) are subject to <a href="https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/01/11/google-no-longer-provides-patches-for-webview-jelly-bean-and-prior">various security flaws</a> in Replicant 4.2.</li>
+					<li>Browsers using the webview framework (such as the browser shipped with Replicant and <a href="https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser">Lightning</a>) are subject to <a href="//redmine.replicant.us/issues/1780">various security flaws</a> in Replicant 6.0. Replicant 4.2 did not receive security updates since its latest release in September 2015 and many serious security issues are not fixed.</li>
 				</ul>
 				In addition, the <a href="//www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</a> provides a <a href="//www.fsf.org/campaigns/surveillance">comprehensive guide to help protect freedom and privacy</a>.
 			</p>
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