more on files anti-spyware lawsuit against Sony

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject:        Re: [IP] Texas files anti-spyware lawsuit against Sony
Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:32:54 -0600
From:   gep2 () terabites com
To:     dave () farber net



So what happens when EVERY audio CD you get and play on your computer installs 
its own proprietary hidden rootkit?

Remember several decades ago when all those resident programs fought to 
reinstall themselves after each new resident program got installed?  Remember 
all the incompatibilities caused by the dueling resident programs?

And even without unexpected interactions, how many of these resident rootkits 
are people's computers going to accumulate, before the whole computer is filled 
with this gooey, sedimentatary garbage?  And who picks up the tab to fix the 
mess?

I sincerely hope that the Texas Attorney General's office nails Sony, BUT GOOD, 
on this one.  Enough that NOBODY attempts this kind of crap again!!

Gordon Peterson                  http://personal.terabites.com/
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