Not just any old malware, but insecure rootkits that allowed ANYONE to have total control over the system with their own malware above the OS-level with no way to even know the malware was there.
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masterspace@lemmy.ca 6 months agoI feel like Sony did a Sony here.
Does no one remember when Sony shipped 22 million malware infested CDs because they were worried about Napster?
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 6 months ago
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Did that actually break computers? I remember hearing about it at the time but I also don’t remember having a problem. I didn’t think I took any real precautions either, I just carried on as per and nothing ever happened.
vox@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
the starforce driver sometimes prevented some exotic cd drives from working or caused bsods while playing audio cds
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Also earlier this year they stole purchased content from millions of their customers
DogWater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Also they bait and switched everyone with the advertising for the last of us pt 2.
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I am unaware of this one. Can you share what is this about, or share the relevant search keywords?
DogWater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Spoilers ahead for the game:
Yeah so if you look at the pre launch trailers
::: spoiler Joel is portrayed as being a part of the journey of the game. He dies in the first “chapter”. They went so far as to switch a character out for him to make it look like he would be alive for the game. And then they try to make you sympathetic to the person who killed him by making you play as them for half the game. spoiler:::
It makes my blood boil how bad pt 2 is after the first one is one of the best games ever.