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So the fear is that when you connect the Walkman to your computer it'll do something similar, installing a "copy protection rootkit" in order to prevent you fro
by capableweb 4y ago
So the fear is that when you connect the Walkman to your computer it'll do something similar, installing a "copy protection rootkit" in order to prevent you from transferring non-DRMed files to it? Seems farfetched to me I guess, especially if there is zero evidence of it happening. But happy to be proven otherwise.
Not sure what that has to do with Android either, the "rootkit scandal" you linked is about CDs.
- CWuestefeld 4y agoNo. The fear is that Sony will do something that they think is in their own best interest, while completely ignoring the interests of their customers. It doesn't have to be a rootkit specifically, it just needs to follow their pattern of lack of interest in their own customers.
- capableweb 4y agoSo what, realistically, could they do here, if they had lack of interest for their own customers? Disable USB Mass Storage transfer functionality? Disabling being able to play non-DRMed files?
- hilbert42 4y agoSee my later comments.