Double KO! Capcom's Street Fighter V installs hidden rootkit on PCs

Re: who demands DRM because more money.

It's not DRM, it's anti-cheating. Still stupid, but for a nobler reason.

Re: Why the double standard here?

IANAL BIPOOTI, but intent. Admittedly intent also looks double-standardly if examined. Company putting code on your computer to harvest your private data: OK; you putting code on their computer to research their private data: crime. You accepted their software, albeit presented under pretences. They accepted your phishing email. Hmm, not much difference! Here the intent was to prevent misuse of the company's IP. But isn't there a caption for criminal negligence, reckless behaviour?

Too serious. Time for a singsong. After me, please:

"Fake fake fake

fake fake fake

fake BIPOOTI" (to the tune of "Shake Your Booty", for anyone under 50).

Re: Why the double standard here?

Limited Liability does not apply to criminal proceedings against a person. It is a strictly financial concept.

The issue is that neither in Sony's case, nor here there was a prosecutor brave enough (and interested enough) to file charges.

T&Cs/EULA

However, it is generally the case that T&Cs cannot be used to negate legal rights!

Re: Why the double standard here?

somewhere deep in the T&Cs/EULA there will be a clause to the effect of "If you click the 'I agree' button this will give us the right to fuck with your gear at any level and in any way we see fit, because

This company will be begging on its knees hoping that you forget that you cannot bind someone contractually to accept what is a criminal offence, because the "contracting party" as it were that you would have to deal with is the government, not the user.

You can't put in a contract "by playing this game you permit us to rob you blind and murder your first born" because both are classed as criminal offences.

The problem is thus not the contract, but law enforcement. No doubt the company is already busy hastily filling the coffers of relevant election campaigns to prevent any DAs from picking this up as something worth dragging through the courts. It can feel confident that it has at least some protection in that area, because the first DA to actually do the right thing would create a precedent that could harm a great many of these campaign contributions, for none of these companies would be able to cast the first stone. Yes, I'm a cynic, so sue me.

But by God, the industry needs a harsh kick up its collective rear ends for going back to respecting its customers, a kick harsh enough to resonate for a couple of years.

Re: Anonymous coward

"The article fails to mention that after such update, the majority of PC players was unable to launch the game AT ALL."

Grammar?

Re: Anonymous coward

@diodesign there seem to be a problem with Steam edition of the game

Re: Capcom

RE: "and will [now] seek them elsewhere"

Yep. Why pay for your rootkit when you can get rootkit elsewhere for free.

Re: We are tired.

Now the Obama administration is starting to look into Trumpic "Kremlin ties"

Well, that has taken them long enough. Anyone else publicly encouraging the Russians to break into ANY US entity's resources, let alone commit a clear hostile act by attacking government resources at that would have had a visit from people with a penchant for dark suits and sunglasses by now, but there appears to be an exemption for people with orange skin and weird hair (which, rumour has it, would include a large portion of Essex youth, but let's stay with the topic).

Do Presidential candidates get a free pass from criminal prosecution?