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Wednesday, November 30, 2005 3:48 PM

Premature Victory Declaration?

Two weeks ago I declared victory in what the media is now referring to as the “Sony rootkit debacle”, but now I’m wondering if I jumped the gun. It turns out that the CDs containing the XCP rootkit technology are still widely available, there’s still
Posted by ottoh | 1 Comments
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:42 AM

Victory!

I’m proud to announce a significant victory in the ongoing Sony Digital Rights Management (DRM) saga; Sony has capitulated almost entirely . While not publicly admitting blame for distributing a rootkit, providing no uninstall for the DRM software, implementing
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Monday, November 14, 2005 4:49 AM

Sony: No More Rootkit - For Now

There have been several significant developments in the Sony DRM story since my last post. The first is that, despite Sony’s and First 4 Internet’s claims that their rootkit poses no security risk, several viruses have been identified in the wild that
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:31 AM

Sony: You don’t reeeeaaaally want to uninstall, do you?

A few days after I posted my first blog entry on Sony’s rootkit, Sony and Rootkits: Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far, Sony announced to the press that it was making available a decloaking patch and uninstall capability through its support site.
Posted by ottoh | 2 Comments
Sunday, November 06, 2005 7:29 PM

Sony’s Rootkit: First 4 Internet Responds

First 4 Internet , the company that implements Sony’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) software that includes a rootkit, has responded to my last post, More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home . They rebut four of the points I raise
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Friday, November 04, 2005 12:04 PM

More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home

My posting Monday on Sony’s use of a rootkit as part of their Digital Rights Management (DRM) generated an outcry that’s reached the mainstream media. As of this morning the story is being covered in newspapers and media sites around the world including
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