Die, Sony, die!

[torquemadman]

Why: Rootkit? What rootkit?

For non-geeks, rootkit is a virus-like bundle of code that installs on your computer, intercepts its control, also hides itself from the computer user and protects itself from removal really good. Oh, and it records everything you do on the comp and sends reports home. Note the date of the post -- and not 2 years after

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[nekoryuu]

[torquemadman]

Well, it's a kinda-sorta post-apocalyptic RPG, and I'm hopeless Fallout fangirl, so I had a vague interest in 'Bioshock', but not enough to get its demo (I don't like demos in general, my last one was, methinks, Duke Nukem 3D) -- and the whole shitstorm didn't help me to develop interest at all.

[torquemadman]

By the way - another evil corporation, EA Games, bundled Securom with their most popular title, "Sims 2". Dude, I SO hope that shit will hit the fan in humongous quantities now, because 'Sims' is played by mainstream, and imagine a horde of very much unadvanced users finding out just what caused those strange glitches they've been experienced lately or even computer deaths...mwahahaha! >:-D

[nekoryuu]

[toxictattoo]

[is interested in a rip]

Also, thanks for the information on rootkit. I had no idea. Totally screwy, man. Totally screwy.

[torquemadman]

Rip posted above. :-)

[enigel]

There's new Apocalyptica? *flails* Gimme, gimme! (I went to two of their gigs, so I'd think I was a good enough fan to deserve a bit of piracy even if it weren't for the whole "bring down corporations, bit by megabit!" thing. ;D )

[torquemadman]

Link posted. Down with corporate scum! >:-)