interesting drm issue on windows

On 11/3/05, Javier <javiermon at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html
>
> current drm implementations are horrible & very intrusive, but luckly
> for us it only works on windows :)

But it also shows that even experienced users can get malware on their
PC if they think it comes from a reputable source; almost nobody
really expects a large company like Sony BMG to illegally break into
your PC/OS and install software that a) makes Windows (more) unstable
and b) opens a large security hole that can easily be abused by other
malware.

Imagine that they would have included similar software for major linux
distro's, how long do you think it would take people to install a
binary kernel module & other dangerous stuff?  Remember that there
already are instructions for several other binary programs & drivers
on the wiki and other on-line resources...  (Sun Java, Flash, ndis
drivers, Skype, ...)


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JanC