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Are you really comparing the trustability of 'AT&T' and 'Sony' with 'some website that rootkitz your phonez'?
by axod 16y ago
Are you really comparing the trustability of 'AT&T' and 'Sony' with 'some website that rootkitz your phonez'?
- megablast 16y agoWell, since we know that AT&T are forwarding all calls to the NSA, and Sony already has installed rootkits onto peoples computers, I would say that no, we are not comparing them at all. We already know the levels that those two companies will go, but we might be able to trust the website.
- axod 16y agoThat sort of anti corporation FUD belongs on Reddit IMHO.
- borism 16y agothat sort of Big Business admiration can only belong to political website or something
- axod 16y agoThe Sony "rootkit" wasn't actually a rootkit. It used a similar technique to some rootkits to 'hide' itself from the user/other software, after the user had knowingly installed it. I have no idea about the AT&T 'forward all calls to the NSA', but I'd expect that would be logistically impossible.
- borism 16y ago> The Sony "rootkit" wasn't actually a rootkit. It used a similar technique to rootkits to 'hide' itself from the user/other software, after the user had knowingly installed it. ho hum, that sounds like a rootkit definition to me. or what's your beloved corporation's definition of this? > I have no idea about the AT&T 'forward all calls to the NSA', but I'd expect that would be logistically impossible. oh please, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
- axod 16y agoOK, so your belief is that any program, that 'hides' itself on a computer, is a rootkit? Does the 'root' not give you a clue as to the primary requirement of a rootkit? May as well end here I think.
- borism 16y agoyou make me wonder what kind of security research and corporate apologism genius am I dealing with here? because the thing was defined as rootkit by original security researcher, EFF, court AND even Sony itself. May as well end here I think.