Sony Rootkits - The Gift that Keeps Giving
Remember shortly before the shopping spree season last year when some diligent geeks discovered rootkits on their machines? Remember the outrage that erupted when it was discovered that Sony had put them there? Apparently the electronics makers deemed that stopping grandparents and kids from backing up their lastest music purchase had to be stopped at all costs - user privacy, computer security, and digital rights be DAMNED.
What should have been old news is… well… news again. The Texas attourney general, investigating whether to bring a law suit against Sony, has discovered that their rootkit, when combined with AOL (*shudders) can disable user’s CD drives. Despite the holidays being behind us last year’s holiday scandal just keeps on giving.
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