This EULA is not like most others. It does not say that it installs a
rootkit. One can only assume that it is installing legal software to
protect it's digital rights. This is semi-reasonable. One would NEVER
expect that it would do what it is doing! There are laws against this
kind of action! This is simply a trust issue. Not only am I going to
avoid Sony in the future, but because of the complete disregard for
privacy issues and inept programming and the lame excuse of "we didn't
mean to do any harm" while installing a faulty rootkit, I will do my
best to NEVER buy any kind of Sony product in the future. Trust?, it is
completely destroyed! There is and never has been or every will be any
reason for a corporation to install a rootkit. The US government is
even having a hard time trying to make a case for one for it's own uses.
Dave
Peter T. Evensen wrote:
I know it installs a RootKit, but you have to accept the EULA before
it will. That is my understanding.
In any case, I will be boycotting Sony in all forms in the future.
At 04:29 PM 11/11/2005, you wrote:
On Nov 11, 2005, at 8:22 PM, Peter T. Evensen wrote:
Just a clarification: from everything I read, you have to accept
the Sony EULA on Windows before it will install the rootkit, so it
isn't automatic on Windows. The installer automatically runs, but
nothing is automatically installed unless you click ok. So the
problem isn't the autorun, per se.
But the EULA doesn't disclose that modifications to your OS will be
made...
It installs a friggin RootKit on the system!!!!!! And thats not all,
the RootKit makes all files prefixed with $sys$ invisible to the
average user, and that is already being exploited by Virus writers on
the wild!!!!
Also sony has some CDs installing MACINTOSH DRM MODULES, yes, people
don't know yet if it is a rootkit like above, but it installs two
kernel extensions on OS X... Why the hell, CD-ROMs need to install
Kernel level extensions... beware of sony. I'll neve accept a Sony
EULA until further notice...
andre
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