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Sony really did crazy stuff for "copy protection" on their CDs ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal https://en.m.wikipe

• n1b0m 2y ago
  “Sony BMG initially denied that the rootkits were harmful. It then released an uninstaller for one of the programs that merely made the program's files invisible while also installing additional software that could not be easily removed, collected an email address from the user and introduced further security vulnerabilities.” That’s diabolical
  • AtlasBarfed 2y ago
    It was likely very illegal as well, but you know big company and a legal system that is/was decades behind the state of the art