Another Sony Rootkit? (And it's Not BioShock)

Imagine that you visit your local mall and browse around for stuff to buy. And you decide to buy a new CD from your favorite artist and you also buy a brand new cool USB stick thingy on an impulse. You go home and stick the CD into your laptop's CD drive. It prompts you to install some software. You do so and while you are listening to the music, you open the USB stick package and start experimenting with your new toy. It has a fingerprint reader so you install the software for that as well. Guess what… you might have just installed, not one, but two different rootkit-like software on your laptop.

Read the article HERE.

Clearing the air: Bioshock does not contain a rootkit
This weekend news spread quickly that the PC version of Bioshock comes loaded with a rootkit. The only problem is, it isn't loaded with a rootkit, it's just your standard "let's punish our customers" anti-piracy tool.

Read the article HERE.

At this point I am not going to be surprised if people distrust Sony, and start tearing apart everything they make to see if there is some form of DRM cloaking happening. Most people will not notice and most people will not care. But Sony’s credibility is very strained right now when it comes to what commercial products are safe to purchase for the average person.