Sony's rootkit: an update (UK update)

Sony's rootkit: an update (UK update)

Posted Nov 17, 2005 15:58 UTC (Thu) by dps (subscriber, #5725)
Parent article: Sony's rootkit: an update

Sony has been issued a recall of all affected CDs in the UK due to the rootkit issue and it made the national news. I do not know if they jumped before being pushed. Consumers that took a CD home from the US might be affected.

The word "rootkit" was definitely mentioned, and that rootkits were bad. If Sony has to replace all those CDs with one sans the rootkit, then one hopes the financial impact is enough to discourage the practice in future releases.

I am aware that writing virii is probably illegal under the computer misuse act, so one suspects rootkits might be too. Explaining why you needed a rootkit to implement DRM technology might be a little difficult. M$ will no doubt make DRM a feature of their OS so no rootkits, or other software, is required.

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