Sony in to the spyware business

[Gray Fox]

I found a thread on this on totalbf2. And I have had about the same experiences with sony software for my MD player.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051103.gtsonynov3/BNStory/Technology/

"The (license) makes no mention that it's going to install something that's going to be hidden from view, that will constantly consume CPU resources even if I'm not listening to music and it will have no uninstall capability," he said.

McKay said customers can request a program to safely uninstall everything by visiting the Sony BMG website at http://cp.sonybmg.com . That site, however, requires a form to be filled out and submitted.

 

[Stigmata]

That's pleasant.

Another item to add to the list of "Reasons Why I Hate Sony"

 

[The Mullinator]

Sony has also allowed more cheating in World of Warcraft unintentionally:
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/34

Also:

Despite making a patch available on Wednesday to consumers to amend its copy protection software's behavior, Sony BMG and First 4 Internet, the maker of the content protection technology, have both disputed claims that their system could harm the security of a Windows system. Yet, other software makers that rely on the integrity of the operating system are finding that hidden code makes security impossible.