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|Sony BMG CD copy protection rootkit | |Sony BMG CD copy protection rootkit | ||
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|Sony BMG distributed about 20 million disks preloaded with copy protection software that tracks the users listening habits (even if the user did not agree to the EULA), hides itself, and introduces exploitable bugs, as such it has been classified as a rootkit. | |Sony BMG distributed about 20 million disks preloaded with copy protection software that tracks the users listening habits (even if the user did not agree to the EULA), hides itself, and introduces exploitable bugs, as such it has been classified as a rootkit. | ||
Furthermore, they released an uninstaller tool later that merely unhides the their original rootkit and installs more unremovable software, all while extracting more personal information (Email addresses) from users. | Furthermore, they released an uninstaller tool later that merely unhides the their original rootkit and installs more unremovable software, all while extracting more personal information (Email addresses) from users. | ||
|Class action lawsuits in 2005-2006 forced Sony to recall about 10% of affected CDs. Sony stopped their copy protection attempts in 2007. | |Class action lawsuits in 2005-2006 forced Sony to recall about 10% of affected CDs. Sony stopped their copy protection attempts in 2007. | ||
|https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/Sony%27s_DRM_protected_CDs_install_Windows_rootkits | |https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/Sony%27s_DRM_protected_CDs_install_Windows_rootkits | ||
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