No wonder Sony doesn't sell/market software

No wonder Sony doesn't sell/market software

Posted Nov 20, 2005 17:24 UTC (Sun) by ekj (subscriber, #1524)
In reply to: No wonder Sony doesn't sell/market software by pr1268
Parent article: Sony's rootkit: an update

But there's no connection (or very little) about knowing about something, and caring about something.

A person can very well have no idea whatsoever what say HIV is, but still care very much if someone intentionally infects them with it.

A person can very well have no idea whatsoever what a capacitor is, but still care very much if a leaky one turns their expensive computer into a paperweigth.

And a person can very well have no idea whatsoever what a rootkit is, but still care when a malevolent corporation secretly installs software on their computer that limits what they can do and spy on the user.

Knowing the technical term for something is not required for caring about the effects of something.

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