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Of interest this week has been the Sony-BMG DRM (Digital Rights Management) fiasco, where users who purchased certain CDs (a list of at least some of the relevant titles has been collected by the EFF) found that some nasty software had been installed on their computers, simply by playing the CD!

The person behind the discovery work is Mark Russinovich. Russinovich does some really leading work; you can read more about his analysis of Sony's software at his Blog.
The uninstall process is incredibly complex and intrusive. While some online articles hints at a simple uninstall process, this is not the case. Users must register, download additional software, justify their uninstall decision, and wait for email confirmation before they can uninstall the software.
The software runs on Windows; to avoid having the software installed, disable "autorun" on your CD player. And obviously, don't install the software manually.
There are claims that, "security experts claim that the technology can easily be exploited by worms, ...etc" This appears to have already happened.
And lastly, the whole affair seems headed for court, with investigations beginning in at least one country, and class actions in another.

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