http://www.metafilter.com/tags/sneaky Posts tagged with 'sneaky' at MetaFilter. Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:48:16 -0800 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:48:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/46615/Sony%2Dpwns%2Dyour%2Dcomputer%2Dpart%2DII <a href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=925">Sony steps in it again.</a> In the midst of the uproar about the <a href="http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html">Sony rootkit </a> previously mentioned <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/46282">here</a>, J. Alex Haldeman found a <em>second</em> sneaky piece of work in Sony CD's. <strong>It's pretty clear now that the only safe way to listen to music from Sony is to steal it.</strong> [<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/">via</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.46615 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:48:16 -0800 DRM evil publicserviceannouncement rights sneaky Sony pjern http://www.metafilter.com/46282/Sony%2Dpwns%2Dyour%2Dcomputer <a href="http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html">Do you play Sony DRM-protected CD's on your computer?</a> If so, you might be wide open in terms of security. It seems that <a href="http://www.sony.com/">Sony</a> is installing an almost-impossible to find rootkit on the computers of purchasers of their music. Their <a href="http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/sony-eula.htm">EULA</a> doesn't mention the fact that their "small, proprietary" program goes much too far, managing to bypass security software, firewalls, etc. You might want to do <a href="http://features.engadget.com/entry/3239236478279892/">this</a>, anyway. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.46282 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:01:51 -0800 announcement DRM evil public rights service sneaky Sony pjern