[OT] Sony: uses a rootkit *again*

[Scott Elcomb]

On 8/30/07, Sy Ali <sy1234-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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

Yeah, read that one this morning.  Unfortunately it isn't the only
rootkit situation involving Sony in the last week or so:

http://www.gamingbob.com/2007/08/23/bioshock-installs-rootkit-including-demo/

There are a bunch of comments that say SecuROM (by Sony DADC) is a
rootkit, but others that disagree.  In any event, I'll not knowingly
purchase anything further from Sony.

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