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Sony BMG's Rootkit Fiasco

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Sony BMG's Cavalier Attitude Toward Its Customers

Sony BMG's XCP anti-copying software can be used to copy data stored on a computer. Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, it is not allowed to install software without user consent. The company was in no hurry to provide its customers with a way to uninstall the malicious software. A Finnish hacker who reversed engineered Sony BMG's uninstaller said security wasn't thought about for even a second during development of this thing.

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