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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT:  Follow-up on the HDD problems...
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:45:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070105194534.GB22582@nibiru.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D60AF2712C16D42A38076E52FD6E3D23F0C0F@ukmcrdembx01.rd.astrazeneca.net>

* Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D) <David.Nelson2@astrazeneca.com> wrote:

Hi,

> Unfortunately software developers can do a lot to your system 
> under the guise of "copy protection". I for one think that 
> there should be a written warning on the back of the box of 
> every game that installs software on your PC for the purpose 
> of copy protection. Some such as Starforce can cause havoc 
> with a system.

There also were some rumors about trojans on audio discs.
I'd really like to get one of those discs into my fingers, 
for an forensic analysis + criminal information.

Installing trojans is criminal (at least in .de), and should
be treated as such.


cu
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-05 20:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-23 10:23 [gentoo-user] OT: Follow-up on the HDD problems Chris Walters
2006-12-24 13:25 ` Mick
2006-12-24 14:16   ` Daniel Iliev
2006-12-25 19:03   ` Chris Walters
2007-01-03 10:34   ` Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D)
2007-01-05 19:45     ` Enrico Weigelt [this message]
2007-01-08 11:37       ` Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D)

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