Re: [flalug] Sony, rootkit and DRM

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Nov 01 2005 - 14:08:28 EST

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, William Coulter wrote:

> If you buy music cds from sony, which is about everybody, read this article. It will blow your
> mind.
>
> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

Nice. Scary.

> ps. I wonder if linux is immune to the problem.

Probably, if it is an actual CD (as decreed by Philips or whoever owns
it) and gets in by telling Windows "Here, use this driver". 

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