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[–] [email protected] 120 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Sony understands only one language... MONEY. I stopped buying their products since they installed a root kit decades ago in my computer to prevent it from ripping my legally bought CDs to my computer. I had to reinstall windows to get rid of that virus. Never again! And all my electronics were Sony back then

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey, just wanted to say I’m glad a few of us remember the rootkit fiasco. I still won’t buy Sony products today.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. This was such a hostile move I never bought anything "Sony" after that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Don't forget the "fix" Sony offered after they were initally caught was an even MORE invasive rootkit. 🫠

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, fuck those rootkits. Despicable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They do something similar on their smart TVs - it's not possible to run Kodi with torrent streaming plugins, they block it on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is it blocked? Could you work around it with a debrid service? i.e no torrent protocol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I didn't further investigated it, however I remember that the Kodi remote app port worked, but the torrent streaming port (Elementum specifically) didn't.

While on the Xiaomi Mi Box S it worked.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A) which CD did you buy that had the Sony rootkit? B) decades ago? No. It's only been 18 years.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sarah McLachlan, Surfacing. Shout out to Mark Russinovich for exposing it.