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Macrovision has published a patch defending against a security vulnerability in its SafeDisc copy protection software that has become the target of a hacker attack. The Macrovision update comes 20 days after the security vulnerability was discussed in non-specific terms on Symantec's Security Response Weblog. The flaw, though …

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  1. David Austin
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    Sod the DRM Angle...

    More Hitchhiker analogies in stories, please.

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  2. Gordon Fecyk
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    Priv Elevation "Relatively Mild?!" Compared to what?

    I suppose since everyone runs their machines with full Administrator access anyways, that a privilege elevation bug is much lower on the priority list than a bug in some user-level app that the ignorant user's running under said-full-Admin access.

    By comparison, I treat privilege elevation bugs as VERY high priority. Well, because no one I consult for runs with full admin BECAUSE of all of the so-called "high priority" bugs out there... and yes, that includes myself.

    And Vista isn't vulnerable... guess that's as good a reason as any to upgrade!

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