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Old 11-01-2005, 02:41 PM   #1
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Sony Rootkit DRM

Spreading the word about this, if anyone is interested:

http://my.opera.com/lounge/forums/topic.dml?id=110533
 
Old 11-01-2005, 05:33 PM   #2
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//Moderator note: The article (IMHO it's a fine piece of work and worth reading) isn't about Linux Security or Linux in general. If we had a General News forum I'd place it there, but we haven't so it ends up in /General.
 
Old 11-03-2005, 05:26 PM   #3
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I'm Not Surprised
Doesn't surprise me in the least. The concept of "fair use" has died - and nobody came to the funeral.
 
Old 11-04-2005, 08:45 AM   #4
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They Got Caught
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20051103/tc_nf/39083
 
Old 11-04-2005, 03:25 PM   #5
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Unfortunately, it seems that Sony has opened Pandora's Box (as far as Windows users are concerned anyway), as it is providing a new strategy to hide what you are doing for different reasons--like cheating at WoW.

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/34
 
Old 11-04-2005, 04:15 PM   #6
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AFAIK, Sony are now producing a fix for this.
 
Old 11-04-2005, 04:19 PM   #7
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There is an existing thread in the News forum. So this one is closed.
 
  


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