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Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal from 2005
- kdmoyers 2mo agoI don't claim this is something to be proud of, but from that scandal to this day, I buy nothing from Sony, and neither does my company. Trust counts.
- felooboolooomba 2mo agoI do the same. Not out of pride but basic morals.
- sekh60 2mo agoSame here.
- anenefan 2mo agoIf I could I avoided sony and steered a number of other people away from them ... it was a good call [1] [1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sony-slammed-over-new-data-breach-1.986644 https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sony-slammed-over-new-data-b...
- inigyou 2mo agoGood for you - you avoided having any purchased movies deleted from your playstation.
- azalemeth 2mo ago> I don't claim this is something to be proud of, but from that scandal to this day, I buy nothing from Sony, and neither does my company. Trust counts. I also haven't bought anything from Sony since then. I used to have a walkman, stereo etc from them. Customer lost and I've gone out of my way to steer others away from them. This scandal really showed what Sony thought of their customers, and it holds true to this day.
- nosioptar 2mo agoI'm the same. Also goes for the Foo Fighters (their album in your honor had this DRM). Dave Grohl and his minions can kiss my entire unwashed ass on a hot day.
- dwaite 2mo agoI actually consider the Sony BMG rootkit as the beginning of commercial malware. The antivirus companies knew it existed, but did not flag it partially because it was by a legitimate company with a legal department, and not an unknown developer or dubious organization like viruses up to that point.
- hulitu 2mo ago> The antivirus companies knew it existed, but did not flag it partially because it was by a legitimate company Just like Google today with play protect. From this point of view, Sony was a pioneer. /s