scottyz
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Recently Sony has been caught red handed sticking its own set of hacking and monitoring tools on customers computers via legally purchased Sony BMG cd's. The rootkit is installed secretly and without permission. Apparently Sony's rootkit is not only hard to remove, but can also potentinally ruin hardware and creates vunerablities that ordinary hackers can take advantage of. Sony is facing legal action on multiple fronts now.
Will secretly installing hacking tools on customers computers a good way to convince them to buy your cds? What's the point of legally buying the cd if you're going to be treated like a criminal anyways... I think this behavior will only encourage illegal file sharing as it is safer than getting rootkit installed on your machine.
Will secretly installing hacking tools on customers computers a good way to convince them to buy your cds? What's the point of legally buying the cd if you're going to be treated like a criminal anyways... I think this behavior will only encourage illegal file sharing as it is safer than getting rootkit installed on your machine.