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Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by lizardactivist on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @08:19AM (#31095788)
Would definitely not agree to it, but at least it's not as bad as what's going on in your average iPhone or Android.

Someone said "put Sony executives in jail for this", but for each of those executives we would have to jail a dozen executives from Microsoft, Apple, Google, Dell, HP, Intel, AMD, and more.

Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by lexicality on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @09:27AM (#31096597)
Personally I feel like the power and money you get from being an executive should be counterbalanced by taking legal liability for crimes committed by the company under your watch. Yes we'd need to put a lot of people in jail if we did this, but it'd discourage future crimes I feel.
Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @09:43AM (#31096837)
Sony's two mistakes were installing a rootkit if the EULA was refused and not mentioning some of the software in the EULA. Modern devices often invade more of your privacy, but they aren't doing it criminally.
Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by mschuster91 on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @11:46AM (#31098656)
> Someone said "put Sony executives in jail for this", but for each of those executives we would have to jail a dozen executives from Microsoft, Apple, Google, Dell, HP, Intel, AMD, and more.

How about we actually start to hold executives accountable and put them into jail when they fuck up? Executives get seven, sometimes eight figures a year in compensation, but face virtually no risk - even if they do fuck up, they get golden parachute packages.

Part of why especially the Android ecosystem is rampant in malicious advertising, tracking, malware, fake advertising, fraud and other issues is because no one gives a shit to hold bad actors accountable. Just look at the current "Evony: The King's Return" advertising campaign - everywhere on my phone from Twitter to Youtube I almost exclusively get their ads despite there having been media coverage of their ads being fake [1] two goddamn years ago.

Youtube, Twitter, Google - no one cares about blatant spam and fraud for years. This shit has got to stop, and preferably sooner than later!

[1] https://www.thegamer.com/someone-made-the-mobile-game-from-t...

Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by mewse-hn on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @09:50AM (#31096937)
Today's equivalent would be if sony silently rooted your phone so their software could monitor and disable unauthorized music playing on your device, still very very wrong
Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by routerl on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @08:59AM (#31096209)
Yeah, that's the point.
Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by xbar on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @09:09AM (#31096332)
You are right.

It begs for a persistent, searchable list of such known violations along with the publicly traded entity name (e.g. Sony) and list of division heads (e.g.Shunsuke Muramatsu) that may have held relevant executive positions at the time.

Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by bregma on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @09:48AM (#31096897)
Like banks being too big to fail, these execs are too privileged to jail.
Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by robonerd on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @11:45AM (#31098633)
We'd have to imprison dozens? The US has millions of people in prison, a few dozen would be no problem at all.