Sandy Harris wrote:
On 1/14/10, Keith Whaley <[email protected]> wrote:
Sony has been good for me but I sum up my refusal to buy Sony product
and technology in one word: rootkit.
Would you care to elaborate? That makes no sense to me.
Sony put "copy protection" software on music CDs that installed
onto any Windows box where the CD was played and sent info
to Sony. This was done without the user's knowledge or consent,
the stuff deliberately hid itself from the user, and was nearly
impossible to uninstall.
Best analysis I've seen:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/11/sonys_drm_rootk.html
That IS a good site!
A web search on "sony rootkit" will turn up much more.
As far as I know Italy was the only country that actually initiated
prosecution under their cybercrime laws. Anyone know how
that came out?
In the US, there were consumer lawsuits, settled out of court.
Details on eff.org
Thank you very much, Sandy!
I'd heard about this over the years, but since I am not big on messing around
with original CDs, copying songs etc., I never bothered to look into it.
At first glance, I think it's sneaky and a loathesome thing to do.
I really appreciate your clear answer.
keith
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