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rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is entirely on brand for Sony. Don’t forget, this is the same company that installed a rootkit on people’s computers for the audacity of checks notes putting their music CD into their computer.

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  • DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ooooo, I hadn’t heard about this.

    Can you link to more info?

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    • X@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wiki article

      FSF Europe article

      OnSecurity article

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    • Beacon@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It was a huge story, if you Google "sony rootkit" you'll find a million results

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• SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And the whole board of directors nodded and clapped their hands. Nobody understood what it was about, but did it anyway.

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  • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This wasn’t a Board decision, it’s not nearly at that level (especially for a company with $80B in revenue). This was some software engineer with an idea and a need to impress his boss.

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• brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  On the very console that owes a huge deal of its initial success to the comparison with the intended XBOne bullshit.

  Fucking hell.

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• Neural_drift@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is exactly what I thought when I read this. That funny little commercial they made back then isn’t so funny now.

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