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Skypes motherboard serial number spy part of DRM technology
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 19:37:54 +0200 (EET)
Many of readers saw this '1.com spy' Pageload.com entry on Tuesday: http://www.pagetable.com/?p=27 Skype has reported via its security blog that "The EasyBits software includes a form of digital rights management functionality intended to protect commercial software, such as plug-ins, from illegal redistribution or unlicensed use. To enforce these license agreements, the EasyBits framework attempts to uniquely identify what physical computer its running on." More at http://share.skype.com/sites/security/2007/02/skype_extras_plugin_manager.html and http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=812 - Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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