Reports over the weekend have caused confusion over the idea of Bioshock containing or not containing a root kit as DRM. The sad part is that this is Sony we are talking about, so the believability that Sony did not learn, and tried but once again to install a root kit into their software or music is quite believable. This time though, not quite true at least as the game Bioshock is concerned.
The news spread quickly but gamer bob (site is having difficulties today) while he did find the software SecuROM, as an anti-copying device, but just about everyone has agreed that this is not a root kit type of software. It might be annoying, but it is not a root kit.
On the other hand, Sony’s USB Sticks however do have commercial software using root kit type cloaking mechanisms.
The good part, no root kit on bioshock, the bad part is that Sony is still doing the standard thing, and this makes the whole idea of purchasing a Sony product “risky for users”. There is a lot of risk in having something running on your PC with cloaking mechanisms, and what we are seeing is that Sony still has not figured this out, starting from 2005.
At this point we are not going to be surprised if people distrust Sony, and start tearing apart everything they make to see if there is some form of DRM cloaking happening. Most people will not notice and most people will not care. But Sony’s credibility is very strained right now when it comes to what commercial products are safe to purchase for the average person.
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