Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 3rd Nov 2005 20:03 UTC
When Mark Russinovich was testing his company's security software last week, he came across a disturbing find: a Sony BMG CD he purchased from Amazon had secretly installed DRM software on his PC and used "rootkit" cloaking methods to hide it. With the story sweeping across the Net, Sony is attempting to clean up its mess.
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RE: Funny you guys turn this into a Windows issue ...
by eMagius on Fri 4th Nov 2005 01:09
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But I wonder, how well do these copy-protected CDs play on Linux?
They're just regular music CDs with a rootkit and media player set to autorun. If you don't have autorun enabled or aren't running as administrator (or are using an operating system that doesn't offer autorun for Windows executables), the copy protection and rootkit won't affect you -- it'll appear to be a standard music CD (with some extra data files).
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But I wonder, how well do these copy-protected CDs play on Linux?