I have done something similiar (blocking access to various websites (*.google.com, *.battle.net, *.yahoo.com, *.ebay.com, etc.)) to an unsecured router with the defaut login I found using wireless (it was a Netgear router I believe). I didn't go so far as to change the password, but I'm sure it took them a while to figure out why "the Internet was broken".
An unsecured wireless router, broadcasting its SSID, and using the default admin password is just asking for trouble.
It's more like if Toyota doesn't pay, they'll have to drive on the shoulder; and if Ford does pay, they get to continue using the normal lanes. The extra fees aren't for better service, the fees "ensure" that you don't receive degraded service.
Im not sure pigs were involved, but I know cows and chickens were in fact levitated in 1166 AD by French soldiers in a castle in England. We also have video evidence that they levitated a large wooden rabbit.
"I hope someday the people who object to evolution on religious grounds will understand that theories is all anybody's got. (And, for that matter, also the people who object to religion on scientific grounds.)"
thats probably the most intelligent statement i've heard/read since this whole ID debate started.
I don't buy CD's, so this "DRM/rootkit" does not affect me. However, I have been a longtime customer of Sony electronics, especially of the console variety. I currently own 2 PS1's and a PS2 (along with a GameCube, XBox, GameBoy, SNES, NES, Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, etc, etc). Over the course of their (the Sony consoles) combined lifetimes, I have easily purchased 100+ games. I have been seriously considering purchasing a PSP, and I definitely planned on purchasing a PS3.
After watching this story develop, I have decided that I do not want to support your company. Not only do you assume that all of your customers are criminals, you also assume that they are all brainwashed idiots (http://www.theregister.com/2005/11/09/sony_drm_wh o_cares/).
I am not a criminal, and I am not an idiot. And I have a message for you:
I WILL NOT purchase a PSP.
I WILL NOT purchase a PS3.
I WILL NOT purchase anymore PS1 or PS2 games or periphials.
In fact, if a product says "Sony" on it, or if my research into a product (and, yes, I research before I buy) reveals a connection to Sony, I WILL NOT BUY IT. I am making a concerted effort to convince friends and family to do likewise.
I honestly don't care if you issue a public apology. I don't care if you recall all DRM CD's and pony up for repair bills. I don't care if you release a full featured uninstaller. You have shown throughout this whole ordeal that you do not care about us. </polite>
<rant> WTF Sony??? Do you really think that we were all just gonna sit and take this bullshit??? FSCK you, FSCK your "anti-piracy" rootkit, and FSCK your attitude towards consumers. Hey, we pay your fsckin bills!!!! Why the fsck would you want to piss us off??? </rant>
unfortunately, they will probably get away with it. oh, they may make a token apology, or may be forced to pay a few out-of-court settlements, but then this will go away and it'll be back to the same ol' bullshit. the mass media is studiously ignoring this story, and joe sixpack aint got a clue. the security industry is up in arms, and there are a few lawsuits cropping up here and there, but lets face facts. until the average consumer gets pissed off and decides they've had enough, we're not gonna have enough leverage to change any of sony's policies. i honestly hope sony gets this drm/eula thing shoved up their ass and they go bankrupt, but i guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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Actually, some do.
I have done something similiar (blocking access to various websites (*.google.com, *.battle.net, *.yahoo.com, *.ebay.com, etc.)) to an unsecured router with the defaut login I found using wireless (it was a Netgear router I believe). I didn't go so far as to change the password, but I'm sure it took them a while to figure out why "the Internet was broken".
An unsecured wireless router, broadcasting its SSID, and using the default admin password is just asking for trouble.
It's more like if Toyota doesn't pay, they'll have to drive on the shoulder; and if Ford does pay, they get to continue using the normal lanes. The extra fees aren't for better service, the fees "ensure" that you don't receive degraded service.
http://www.fs-driver.org/
Im not sure pigs were involved, but I know cows and chickens were in fact levitated in 1166 AD by French soldiers in a castle in England. We also have video evidence that they levitated a large wooden rabbit.
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The new version of Windows will be insecure???
Say it ain't so.....
"I hope someday the people who object to evolution on religious grounds will understand that theories is all anybody's got. (And, for that matter, also the people who object to religion on scientific grounds.)"
thats probably the most intelligent statement i've heard/read since this whole ID debate started.
I don't buy CD's, so this "DRM/rootkit" does not affect me. However, I have been a longtime customer of Sony electronics, especially of the console variety. I currently own 2 PS1's and a PS2 (along with a GameCube, XBox, GameBoy, SNES, NES, Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, etc, etc). Over the course of their (the Sony consoles) combined lifetimes, I have easily purchased 100+ games. I have been seriously considering purchasing a PSP, and I definitely planned on purchasing a PS3.
After watching this story develop, I have decided that I do not want to support your company. Not only do you assume that all of your customers are criminals, you also assume that they are all brainwashed idiots (http://www.theregister.com/2005/11/09/sony_drm_w
I am not a criminal, and I am not an idiot. And I have a message for you:
I WILL NOT purchase a PSP.
I WILL NOT purchase a PS3.
I WILL NOT purchase anymore PS1 or PS2 games or periphials.
In fact, if a product says "Sony" on it, or if my research into a product (and, yes, I research before I buy) reveals a connection to Sony, I WILL NOT BUY IT. I am making a concerted effort to convince friends and family to do likewise.
I honestly don't care if you issue a public apology. I don't care if you recall all DRM CD's and pony up for repair bills. I don't care if you release a full featured uninstaller. You have shown throughout this whole ordeal that you do not care about us.
</polite>
<rant>
WTF Sony??? Do you really think that we were all just gonna sit and take this bullshit??? FSCK you, FSCK your "anti-piracy" rootkit, and FSCK your attitude towards consumers. Hey, we pay your fsckin bills!!!! Why the fsck would you want to piss us off???
</rant>
unfortunately, they will probably get away with it. oh, they may make a token apology, or may be forced to pay a few out-of-court settlements, but then this will go away and it'll be back to the same ol' bullshit. the mass media is studiously ignoring this story, and joe sixpack aint got a clue. the security industry is up in arms, and there are a few lawsuits cropping up here and there, but lets face facts. until the average consumer gets pissed off and decides they've had enough, we're not gonna have enough leverage to change any of sony's policies. i honestly hope sony gets this drm/eula thing shoved up their ass and they go bankrupt, but i guess we'll just have to wait and see.