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Connecting an LG Monitor to a Windows PC Trigger the Silent, Unprompted Installation of Adware (consumerrights.wiki)

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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The frustrating thing about that is how they didn't even slow down with their bullshit after that scandal, and some of the most hated DRM in recent history have a direct lineage from Sony:

SecuROM, a widely hated DRM that limited how many times you could install a game, required online check-ins or it'd lock you out of playing, and blocked common IT tools while running, was also developed by Sony.
Denuvo, which obfuscates and encrypts the game executable after scattering DRM checks throughout, adding extra CPU overhead and lowering game performance, was later produced by the same (former, now independent) SecuROM team.