Sony Rootkit

Ok, so I’ve tried to hold off on the ranting a bit, but this whole Sony rootkit bullshit has got me a bit riled. There is not much, however, that hasn’t already been said about this assault on consumers. So if you own one of these CDs, I’d recommend reading a bit more about what has infected your machine, especially since virus writers are already using this fancy tool to assist with their retarded hobby. Oh, and if you’re looking for an entertaining license agreement that effectively steps on a consumer’s throat and jabs them in the eye with a red-hot poker, make sure you check out Sony’s EULA that comes packaged with their infected CDs. So I’m officially joining the call to Boycott Sony, and urge anyone who would rather not infect their PCs with rootkits that track what you do on your system and send the data off to the company when you simply try to use a product you purchased to do the same. Oh, and by the way: Sony’s use of DRM to hack into your system has done nothing to stop the piracy of the CDs in question.

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