37 month ago
kayodeok : EFF: An Open Letter to Sony-BMG - Toothless Letter
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Now the Legalese Rootkit: Sony-BMG's EULA - If you thought XCP "rootkit" copy-protection on Sony-BMG CDs was bad, perhaps you'd better read the 3,000 word (!) end-user license agreement (aka "EULA") that comes with all these CDs
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home - But, there’s more to the story, like how Sony’s patch can lead to a crashed system and data loss and how Sony is still making users jump through hoops to get an uninstaller
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37 month ago
kayodeok : The "Sony rootkit" case - There's been some recent developments in digital rights management systems (DRM) that have security implications. Some DRM systems have started to use rootkit technology. Rootkits are normally associated with malware but in this case a rootkit is used to
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37 month ago
kayodeok : F-Secure Virus Descriptions : XCP DRM Software - Extended Copy Protection (XCP) is a CD/DVD copy protection technology created by First 4 Internet Ltd. XCP has been used to protect some audio CDs released by Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The XCP protected disks contain digital rights management (DRM) so
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Is Sony violating the law? - "I asked Edelman if he thought that Sony's behavior was potentially illegal. Here's his reply:"
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39 month ago
kayodeok : EULAlyzer: Analyze license agreements for interesting words and phrasesconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. - EULAlyzer can analyze license agreements in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you're about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses uni
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Coming to campus: E-books with expiration dates - The new digital textbook program imposes strict guidelines on how the books can be used, including locking the downloaded books to a single computer and setting a five-month expiration date, after which the book can't be read
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45 month ago
kayodeok : Comparison of Unwanted Software Installed by P2P Programs - Request a peer-to-peer filesharing program, and you may be surprised what else gets installed too. Ben Edelman tests five major P2P programs and analyzes their bundled software
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45 month ago
kayodeok : The Brady Bunch?s Computer... if they had one... - Remember the Brady's from the 1970's sitcom? They were the model family. Saccharin to the point of nausea and perhaps lucky for them they didn't own a family computer. In this article we take a walk along memory lane and imagine what could have happened i
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