Security vs. DRM
James Governor quotes Bruce Schneier on which matters more to Microsoft: security holes, or DRM holes?
If you really want to see Microsoft scramble to patch a hole in its software, don't look to vulnerabilities that impact countless Internet Explorer users or give intruders control of thousands of Windows machines. Just crack Redmond's DRM.
Way to create good PR, Microsoft. The irony is, the patch has already been hacked. So, anyone else want the MS engineers to spend their time on something valuable? Or should they keep being the RIAA's butt boys?
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[] September 8, 2006 20:29:37.925
You know of course they *had* to fix this because they rolled out all this media in windows DRM format via Amazon's Unbox the other day. Look bad to have cracked DRM days before shipping all the data. Of course the DRM, licence and spyware they install doesn't deserve to live on any PC I own. Wait for Apple's more intelligent service coming out next week.