How Sony Hijacked half a million user’s systems and the Computer Security industry mostly yawned. . . .
I hadn’t thought about this much in this light before. Mainly I was mad at Sony for introducing such draconian DRM restricitions, that harmed systems in such a way as to cause instability and system crashes. Also, I thought it was crummy how the company that made the software stole GPL code and included it in this criminal tool. The act of using GPL code in this way violates the license and automatically forfeits the use of such code by the company or individual that does so.
These technical mumblings are a lot about who controls what you see and do, a corporation so eager to prove all their customers to be criminals that they became the criminals.
Great Britian and the United States prohibit malicious an unintential breaking into Computer Systems, this is just what Sony did, they broke in and opened up a huge gaping hole into your system for hackers and others to run right through. This isn’t any different if the local construction company that makes specialized windows came in and knocked a huge hole into the side of your house, then they found a way to cover it up where you couldn’t see it. But the hole was still there, you were still exposed to the elements, thieves and the local neighborhood alley cats.
It doesn’t matter if they justify it and say, their windows are being copied by some of their customers, so they had to open the whole so they could check in and make sure their windows weren’t being copied. The hole is still there, you the home owner are still vulnerable. . . .
Fortunately the Builder is coming in with a fix to patch up the whole the Window installer put out and things should get better. . .
But whew. . . better be careful about becoming a criminal to defeat the potential criminals. . .
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s never a good idea to
1. Sue your customers
2. Assume all your customer’s are lying theives.
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