full-disclosure - Shift key breaks CD copy locks

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From: ken at vanwyk.org (Kenneth R. van Wyk)
Subject: Shift key breaks CD copy locks

On Wednesday 08 October 2003 23:54, morning_wood wrote:
> you could always turn off autorun, as I do just after installing
> a fresh WinOS

...which, IMHO, is a good security practice irrespective of it breaking the CD 
copy protection.  I've always thought that autorun is dangerous.  As a good 
friend of mine likes to say, it's one thing to shoot yourself in the foot, 
but it's another to reload...or to use a fully-automatic weapon.

Cheers,

Ken van Wyk
http://www.krvw.com