[IP] more on Sony's Escalating "Spyware" Fiasco
Begin forwarded message:
From: Kevin Marks <kevinmarks@xxxxxxx>
Date: December 6, 2005 4:13:17 AM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Sony's Escalating "Spyware" Fiasco
Dan Steinberg wrote:
Blaming Microsoft for software that requires you to click OK seems
as silly as blaming GM if someone pumps bad gasoline into your car,
no?
People bought the CD and ckicked OK because they trusted Sony, not
because they trusted Microsoft to protect them against Sony,
surely? Since when did anyone trust Microsoft? Did anyone not
wearing a tinfoil hat at the time remotely suspect that we needed
protection against Sony? Why should Microsoft be more prescient?
If you read the detailed reports, you will notice that the rootkit
and drivers that do the damage are installed before you click OK,
when the software auto-runs. The OK is to Sony's EULA.
What Microsoft need is to add an additional 'OK' button before the
software is run at all.
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