Vista DRM = rootkit?
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| Alex Ionescu developed the program, called D-Pin Purr, to show that
| Vista features designed to protect media files can also be used to
| protect other kinds of files. This could also include malicious software.
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| [...]
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| Microsoft in a statement late Thursday said it is also investigating
| Ionescu's findings.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6176051.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Who did see /that/ coming? See reference below.
Also in the news:
Warner wants unprotected albums off Web site
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| Robertson said AnywhereCD would give a boost to the music industry
| by supporting album sales, which have struggled as consumers have
| moved to the digital format and cherry-picked favorite songs from
| digital retailers such as Apple's iTunes.
|
| "My thinking was we should give consumers a reason to buy an album,"
| he said. "If you buy the album then I'll give MP3 tracks pretty much
| what you get with CDs anyway."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6175771.html
Related:
DRM in Windows Vista
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| Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
| These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
| They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will
| cause technical support problems. They may even require you to
| upgrade some of your peripheral hardware and existing software.
| And these features won't do anything useful. In fact, they're
| working against you. They're digital rights management (DRM)
| features built into Vista at the behest of the entertainment
| industry.
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| And you don't get to refuse them.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html
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