[OT] Sony: uses a rootkit *again*

[Sy Ali]

Sony can't seem to keep its hands off its customers' hard drives.
Earlier this week, two security companies found that
fingerprint-scanning USB drives sold by the company install hidden
software on users' computers, just two years after a similar tactic
led to mass recalls of another Sony product and a string of lawsuits.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/08/29/sony-rootkit-security-tech-cx_ag_0829spyware.html
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