Re: [NTLK] [OT] Root Kits on Mac?

From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 13:54:12 PST


While I don't believe that the intension was to install malware onto unsuspecting user's computers, it is the complete lack of understanding from Sony's part and their sheer audacity in believing that they had the right to place software on your machine without *EXPLICIT* permission and their belief that no one would mind and their hope that no one would (hence the stealth capabilities of the application) and their complete trust that the application developed by a company controlled by another sony executive crony leads to a comedy of errors! It's like the perfect storm, individually, these issues above are not deal breakers...but together? Oh yeah...you better believe it!
For me, this is just one more reason to avoid Sony products now and for the future...uh-uh...I'm not drinking that kool-ade! And I know that it hurts me because I admit...Sony has some really cool things, and being the gadget lover I am, not allowing myself to play with Sony stuff really causes me stress! But I have my principles and stick by them unless their intention is proven to be valuable to me, individually. In fact, I price myself on not owning a single item that has the sony logo on it!
Ed
web/gadget guru
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Sony-free and loving it!
John <OceanCity_at_mac.com> wrote:
11/9/05 Ed Kummel issued the following and I have taken literary
license to pass it along on a "Need to Know Basis" . . . ?
<snip>
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT that a multi-national long-standing enterprise such as
Sony would ever risk maliciously installing any malware in this or any
other way as their reputation is their most important asset. Unless they
are going belly-up, even though they are going thorough a very tough
period right now, they know never to use such a transparent questionable
ploy as installing bona fide "rootkits" even if their intentions were
nefarious.
<snip>

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