BioShock Game Installs Rootkit
Word is out that the BioShock game installs a rootkit on your system to implement some wacky copy-protection scheme. Too bad, I’d heard interesting things about this game but there is no game in the world worth destabilizing your system with a rootkit.
Moreover its amazing that folks are still not getting it with things like this. I understand publishers wanting to protect their IP, but why not go with the Valve Steam approach or the World of Warcraft approach? I’m sure lots of people would be annoyed that they need to register an account on an Internet site to play a game they buy in a store but (a) Stores and physical CDs are just so old fashions, and (b) however annoying it might be, its way better than copy protection and physical CDs.
I’d MUCH rather have an account I need to sign into than having to tote around physical CDs. With the account approach you can let people install the game on multiple computers because they can only sign in to one at a time with the account they have registered.
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