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§ ita § - Nov 17, 2005 1:19:44 pm PST #4983 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a part of the Department of Homeland Security that is charged with the task of "protecting the nation's Internet infrastructure" by coordinating the "defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation." In response to the Sony XCP DRM debacle:

US-CERT recommends the following ways to help prevent the installation of this type of rootkit:

  • Do not run your system with administrative privileges. Without administrative privileges, the XCP DRM software will not install.

  • Use caution when installing software. Do not install software from sources that you do not expect to contain software, such as an audio CD. [emphasis added]

  • Read the EULA (End User License Agreement) if you do decide to install software. This document can contain information about what the software may do.

    • From The Electronic Frontier Foundation.

    tommyrot - Nov 17, 2005 1:21:36 pm PST #4984 of 10006
    Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

    Homeland Security. Huh.

    Do we need to invade Sony?

    aurelia - Nov 17, 2005 1:23:00 pm PST #4985 of 10006
    All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

    When did Sony start this?

    shrift - Nov 17, 2005 1:24:23 pm PST #4986 of 10006
    "You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

    US-CERT recommends the following ways to help prevent the installation of this type of rootkit:

    Wow. I'm so glad that the Department of Homeland Security offers such intelligent recommendations to protect our nation's Internet infrastructure. We'll have that moon base any day now!

    § ita § - Nov 17, 2005 1:25:14 pm PST #4987 of 10006
    Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

    Wired Sony rootkit timeline.

    Allyson - Nov 17, 2005 1:25:35 pm PST #4988 of 10006
    Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

    We'll have that moon base any day now!

    HEY!

    shrift - Nov 17, 2005 1:28:55 pm PST #4989 of 10006
    "You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

    HEY!

    Sorry, sorry. I should have said, "We'll find those Weapons of Mass Destruction any day now!"

    tommyrot - Nov 17, 2005 1:28:56 pm PST #4990 of 10006
    Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

    When did Sony start this?

    BoingBoing gives a convienent timeline: [link]

    eta: xposty, as this gives pretty much the same info as the Wired link.

    sarameg - Nov 17, 2005 1:38:19 pm PST #4991 of 10006

    It's at Willow Springs, a pretty famous racetrack, and all the press guys get to race expensive new cars and get a fancy lunch and free car-related stuff.

    That howl you are hearing? Is coming from my brother in Alabama. He'd LOVE that. Currently, he has to pay people to get to race his own car (but he gets insurance credit as it qualifies as driving instruction. Even though the brakes caught on fire and he popped several hoses loose. The track people told him to warn them he was coming next time, and they'd get extra extinguishers.)

    Mmm, steak for dinner. Making lists. Lists keep me calm and ordered and reasonable.

    dcp - Nov 17, 2005 1:52:31 pm PST #4992 of 10006
    The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

    When did Sony start this?

    This article in the Register says "...the Sony DRM malware has been out on the market for eight months...."

    The BoingBoing article says the number of titles known to be affected is now up to 52.

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