On-Demand Internet - A Stopgap Measure
I've been pondering the rootkit phenomenon over the past week, and the problem ends up boiling itself down to an old assertion: 24/7 connectivity is a bad thing.
This all began when some boneheads at Sony BMG (did I say boneheads? I meant idiots) decided that it would be a great idea to sneak in a rootkit digital-rights management system onto some music CDs the company sells.
Rootkits are the trendiest form of malware because they hide within the operating system itself, so you never know they're there. They're used mostly by bad people trying to compromise your computer.
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