Big Brother , thy name is Sony

Post by **JWR** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:34 pm

1st Tivo sending info on what you watch now this.

http://boston.com/business/technology/a ... re?mode=PF

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:46 pm

I've been following this for a few days now and it makes me ill to think about it. Already game hackers are using the hidden files to cheat on popular online games. So you know other uses will follow.

The root files are also destructive. There are documented cases where someone erased the root file and it destroyed their computer out of self defense.
EDIT: NM they said that in the article.

This is very scary stuff.

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:52 pm

This kind of garbage makes me sick just thinking about it. I can understand that they're trying to thwart music pirates but they're going about it the wrong way. As if the fact that most of the P2P networks for sharing music (Grokster and WinMX come to mind since both have shut down) have shut down or are in the process because of fairly recently won court cases wasn't enough - they're spying on us now too.

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:15 pm

Yeah, they don't trust you with something YOU bought with YOUR money.

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:25 pm

Not Sir Phobos wrote:Yeah, they don't trust you with something YOU bought with YOUR money.

Well yeah.. didn't you know? Even though you paid for it & the rights to use it - they still OWN it & you & your computer? pffffffffft.

kira · Post by **kira** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:47 pm

well lets hope they dont ever get my computer.*whistles innocently*

klet · Post by **klet** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:01 pm

Geez . . . that's taking it a bit too far. Jerks!

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:15 pm

The root files have now been exploited. It is officially a security concern now:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9991596/

Blackmegabyte · Post by **Blackmegabyte** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:48 pm

The only thing scarier than finding out about something like this is imagining the possibilities.

If Sony in theory has such capabilities, what's to say there aren't corporations that haven't already done it?

At this very moment, we could totally be in the control of something else. Sounds paranoid, but it could be true. (I'm expecting this site to be shut down any second to prevent the truth from leaking!)

klet · Post by **klet** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:59 pm

Blackmegabyte wrote:At this very moment, we could totally be in the control of something else. Sounds paranoid, but it could be true. (I'm expecting this site to be shut down any second to prevent the truth from leaking!)

Geez, BMB, why'd you have to go and do that? Here we were, just a group of people complacently accepting Sony mind-control and using Beta as a means of escape, and you have to go and rock the boat.

(I'm kidding, in case you can't tell. I don't want to drive you away so soon after joining. Get used to random spurts of sarcasm.

)

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:00 pm

Yes it sounds like it to me too, klet.

Baylor · Post by **Baylor** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:23 am

Well.

I suddenly wish I knew how to run and use Linux.

Anime-Beta TNG

Big Brother , thy name is Sony

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