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Bad Day To Be Sony
Not only is Sony no longer selling the RootKit CDs, Arend writes "According to a USAToday article, Sony is to pull their controversial rootkit CDs from store shelves." A nice gesture, but a little late. bos writes "Sony's DRM rootkit has been found by Dan Kaminsky to have infected at least half a million networks, according to an article by Quinn Norton for Wired News. Dan has even put together some pretty pictures of the breadth of the infection." With so many people infected, it's unfortunate that wiredog writes "From The Washington Post comes the news that serious security flaws have been found in the software that Sony is distributing to users who want to remove the Sony rootkit. The article says: 'Because of the way the tool is configured ... it allows any Web page that the user subsequently visits to download, install and run any code that it likes.'" Oops. Even Microsoft is getting into the act. ares284 writes "Microsoft said it would remove controversial copy-protection software that CDs from music publisher Sony BMG install on personal computers, deeming it a security risk to PCs running on Windows."
Nah. I get moderated -1, Troll as often as +5, Significant and +5, Funny. In fact, lately I've received more -1, Troll moderations as I've ever seen, even though my intent is neither trolling nor karma whoring.
/., I have always been disturbed by the socialist attitudes of the youth here. I felt the opposite side of the politics of almost every article needed to be posted.
For the years I've been visiting
Now you see many more people willing to grasp the concepts of the free market (market anarchism as I like to call it). It may not have anything to do with me, but every little bit helps!
Tthe pro-choice crowd don't call themselves "pro-abortion" for very specific reasons. I think that line of thought should guide you as well.
Not to mention that being pro-choice does not mean you are pro-abortion. I'm pro-choice but think of abortion as a last-ditch effort. However, I will gladly support your right to make the choice you think is best.
Post-rock/Ambient/Drone and other noise.