More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

The Sony Rootkit-Gate saga just gets better and better.

Mark Russinovich is at it again, over on the SysInternals
Blog:

[snip]

My posting Monday on Sony’s use of a rootkit as part of their Digital Rights Management (DRM) generated an outcry 
that’s reached the mainstream media. As of this morning the story is being covered in newspapers and media sites around 
the world including USA Today and the BBC. This is the case of the blogosphere having an impact, at least for the 
moment.

But, there’s more to the story, like how Sony’s patch can lead to a crashed system and data loss and how Sony is still 
making users jump through hoops to get an uninstaller. At the core of this story, however, is the issue of what 
disclosure should be required of software End User License Agreements (EULAs) and how the requirements can be made 
Federal law.

[snip]

http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/more-on-sony-dangerous-decloaking.html

- ferg


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 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
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