No, you may not nuke my computer: the Link Dump

Companies keep futzing with our machinery, and we keep letting them do it. Well, not so much any more.

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Nov 11, 2005

Court restrains US spyware outfit
This is how the system is supposed to work, dammit

Sony hit by lawsuits over rootkits
The only thing that concerns me about this is: will Sony continue the precedent of just buying people off?

Keywords: | technology | digital privacy | consumer rights |
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