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Old 12-14-2007, 10:19 AM   #54
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Sorry, you've slightly lost me. What did the Sony root-kit incident have to do with privacy? It was just an anti-copying thing, was it not?
I'm not sure of the specifics (I'm sure there are many here who can and will correct me) but it did it secretly by installing something on your computer and sent them information on your system. I think. Kinda sorta. I do remember that it caused a big uproar.

I could be totally wrong tho.
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