Sony´s Infected CD List

Sony, what were you thinking?

Ok, you go out to the music store and buy a CD, put it in your PC in order to enjoy your new purchase is there anything wrong with that? Sony thought it wise to use this very opportunity to sneak into your life and construct its permanent home on your hard drive. It is soon apparent that this is an unwelcomed houseguest. This guest makes itself permanent within seconds, cloaks itself from your view, opens up a back door, making your PC available for other intruders to enter under the hidden cloak and have a run at your place.

And you thought there was nothing worse than the in-laws.

Sony has not said what it is using this software for but some speculate it is part of the ongoing war they are involved in for digital music supremacy and a way to fight piracy of the labels it owns. If you try to kick Sony out, it trashes your place. If you are not yet convinced that this rootkit is such a bad thing, think about this... it has been just a few weeks since Mark Russinovich broke the story and there is already a virus that has been written and is circulating the net that attaches to the program, hides itself inside the rootkit and then installs an IRC backdoor. We are already seeing that the rootkit is doing what it was designed to do... allow hidden access to your computer.

I will definitely think twice when purchasing a Sony-BMG CD again.

Here's the list:
Trey Anastasio, Shine (Columbia)
Celine Dion, On ne Change Pas (Epic)
Neil Diamond, 12 Songs (Columbia)
Our Lady Peace, Healthy in Paranoid Times (Columbia)
Chris Botti, To Love Again (Columbia)
Van Zant, Get Right with the Man (Columbia)
Switchfoot, Nothing is Sound (Columbia)
The Coral, The Invisible Invasion (Columbia)
Acceptance, Phantoms (Columbia)
Susie Suh, Susie Suh (Epic)
Amerie, Touch (Columbia)
Life of Agony, Broken Valley (Epic)
Horace Silver Quintet, Silver's Blue (Epic Legacy)
Gerry Mulligan, Jeru (Columbia Legacy)
Dexter Gordon, Manhattan Symphonie (Columbia Legacy)
The Bad Plus, Suspicious Activity (Columbia)
The Dead 60s, The Dead 60s (Epic)
Dion, The Essential Dion (Columbia Legacy)
Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten (Epic)
Ricky Martin, Life (Columbia)

Won't you be my neighbor?

Did you ever laugh at Mr. Rogers and think to yourself - "This man has a few screws loose?" Did you ever pay attention to the corny little songs he sings such as the one that says "it's such a good feeling, a very good feeling. The feeling you know that we're friends ? Well it turns out that Mr Rogers was right.

I stumbled on a site the other day that made me think about Mr. Rogers and his words of wisdom. I thought about how many times I pulled in the driveway coming home from work, raced to the front door, fumbled with my keys trying desperately to open the door before my neighbor stops me to say hello.

Have you ever avoided your neighbors? Do you know any of your neighbor's first names? Do you ignore idle chitchat in line at the supermarket? Has it been a while since you were in touch with your family? If you answered yes to any one of these questions, you might be well on your way to becoming a recluse.

If you would like to know where the life of a recluse ends up, spend a few minutes at this site http://www.unclaimedpersons.com/search.asp.

This web site states that it provides "information to the public regarding a deceased loved one for whom next of kin has never been located"

After the strange empty-pit-in-your-stomach feeling wears off while looking over this website, you might take a moment to stop biting your nails and think of the uses this site has.

Investigators may find it useful for missing person's reports. Genealogist can't wait for every state in the union to have a site of their own; common people can search for loved ones they kicked out of the house years ago for no good reason; the mayo clinic can keep track of the people they didn't "cure".

But no matter what you decide to use this site for, the fact still remains, no one should be on this list. No one should die alone.

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