Shinnfans: It’s come to my attention that the Sony/BMG music company is now putting a hacker tool on every music CD it sells. When you put the CD into your computer, it installs (without your knowledge) what’s called a ‘root kit’ you can’t see onto your computer. It also lets Sony know what CD you’re listening to. If you try to uninstall this, it breaks your computer. This is not cool. This piece of hidden software also gives hackers and other malicious people the opportunity to take over your computer. This is a play to enforce DRM (digital rights management). But it’s mean-spirited and dangerous. Folks, by way of self-protection and protest (of the loss of your right to not have hacker software of your computer), please stop buying CDs from Sony, period. I know I have.
– AJS