Re: Sony DRM CDs infect Macs, too

[Steven Champeon <schampeo () hesketh com>]

on Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 01:21:24PM -0800, Blue Boar wrote:
> > Simon sez, "On Macintouch today, Darren Dittrich reports that Sony's DRM 
> > software targets Macs too. Digging into the "enhanced" content on the 
> > disk, he found a Start.app that, when run, shows a license agreement, then 
> > asks you for an admin password. On entering this, it installs two kernel 
> > extensions, PhoenixNub1.kext and PhoenixNub12.kext."
>
> That'll show all you smug Mac bastards!

Heh. The day I'm asked to grant a frigging *music CD* root privs on my
iBook is the day I go restring my damn guitar and play my own music
instead... :)

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