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this rootless Python script rips Windows Recall's screenshots and SQLite database of OCRed text and allows you to search them.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

For the kids

Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal

Morons:

Sony BMG initially denied that the rootkits were harmful. It then released an uninstaller for one of the programs that merely made the program's files invisible while also installing additional software that could not be easily removed, collected an email address from the user and introduced further security vulnerabilities.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago

That’s wild. I’m surprised I never heard of this. Straight up malware.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

In a just society the Sony execs would have been jailed for CFAA violations.