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Sony uses insecure rootkits - again!
on: August 31, 2007, 00:14:34 AM
Following their spectacular PR disaster using them on records they have now used virtually the same technology on fingerprint ID memory sticks... Why? :/

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/27/Sony-uses-rootkits-charges-F-Secure_1.html
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Re:Sony uses insecure rootkits - again!
Reply #1 on: August 31, 2007, 00:19:58 AM
Recently Ive been wondering if theyre trying to fail.
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Re:Sony uses insecure rootkits - again!
Reply #3 on: August 31, 2007, 19:48:16 PM
Point is they could make them secure against people pirating it. For that matter M$ should make their OSs secure against organisations and people using them. Its an open invite for Trojans.
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Re:Sony uses insecure rootkits - again!
Reply #4 on: August 31, 2007, 22:50:24 PM
Bioshock has the silly install limit drm infection which is based on this Sony bullcrap
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