SN012: Sony's "Rootkit Technology" DRM (copy protection gone bad)
Security Now - 16k MP3 · TWiT
November 4, 2005
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Show Notes
Leo and I discuss details and consequences of Sony Corporation's alarming "Rootkit" DRM (digital rights management) copy protection scheme. This poorly written software unnecessarily employs classic rootkit technology (see episode #9) to hide from its users after installation. It can not be uninstalled easily, it can be easily misused for malicious purposes, and it has been implicated in many repeated BSOD "blue screen of death" PC crashes.