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Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject:
Sony Ships Sneaky DRM Software |
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A little off topic but this is flashing in the headlines at
PCWorld.com:
Sony Ships Sneaky DRM Software
Music giant uses spyware and virus writers' techniques to prevent
unauthorized music copying.
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mark Russinovich couldn't understand how the rootkit
had sneaked onto his system. An expert on the internals of the Windows
operating system, he was careful when it came to computer security and
generally had a pretty good idea of what was running on his PC at any
given time. And yet the security tool he was using to check his PC was
pretty clear: It had found the rootkit cloaking software typically used
by virus and spyware writers.(...)
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123362,00.asp
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