This post originated from an RSS feed registered with Agile Buzz
by James Robertson.
Original Post: Look ma, we didn't fix it
Feed Title: Cincom Smalltalk Blog - Smalltalk with Rants
Feed URL: http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/rssBlog/rssBlogView.xml
Feed Description: James Robertson comments on Cincom Smalltalk, the Smalltalk development community, and IT trends and issues in general.
Sony really, really doesn't want my business. After they got caught installing a rootkit as part of their DRM, their "solution" amounts to yelling "Look, a monkey!" - in hopes that you won't notice them doing precisely nothing. To wit:
The hidden software is poorly written, and hogs computer resources at all times, even when CD's aren't being played.
Its hiding techniques could inadvertently make it easy for others to hide software on the machine.
It takes actions that could result in a system crash.
It disguises itself as a legitimate Windows service.
It doesn't provide a way to remove the software.
Upon manual removal of the software, the CD drive can be rendered useless.
The new Sony patch only addresses issue #2. It totally ignores the rest of them
Previous Topic
