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PlayStation Uses Safety Concerns To Defend Steam PSN Account Requirements (www.thegamer.com)
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[โ€“] xep@fedia.io 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The same Sony that put some software on CDs that would install itself, could not be removed, and was invisible to the end-user? Oh yeah, very secure.

[โ€“] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 10 points 6 days ago

Just to fully expound on what you're saying, it was a rootkit, literally malware.