full-disclosure - This crap needs to stop

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Date: Mon Nov 28 22:32:51 2005
From: toddtowles at brookshires.com (Todd Towles)
Subject: This crap needs to stop

Well, I agree that something should be done, but it isn't equal to the
Sony issue IMHO. This was clearly an accident, just like viruses and
trojans that were found in MP3 players to Dell computers (for a very
short time). This is business, sometimes, products are "defective".

Sony knew what they were doing....and wanted to play "rights" god on
every PC in the world. 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf 
> Of Paul Schmehl
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:34 PM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] This crap needs to stop
> 
> <http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000723>
> 
> Here's an interesting one. Peripherals manufacturer I-O Data 
> has shipped a series of nice-looking portable hard drives in 
> the 40GB to 120GB range - carrying the Backdoor.Win32.Tompai 
> trojan on them.
> 
> They should be roasted just as Sony was for their backdoor 
> DRM "technology".
> 
> Twits.
> 
> Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
> Adjunct Information Security Officer
> University of Texas at Dallas
> AVIEN Founding Member
> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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