Sony CDs allow spying and hacking, experts say

Security experts said last week that Sony is spying on thousands of
listeners who buy and play its music CDs on their computers, and that
hackers have quickly exploited weaknesses in the controversial Sony
anti-piracy technology to infect users' machines.

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/20051114-9999-mz1b14sony.html.

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