FlightSimLabs Injected Virus Like DRM into its distribution
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lucidus
Yeah, sure. Go ahead and erode trust. Retards.
mackintosh
Creating flight sim addons takes lots of time and effort. Some take many years and thousands if not tens of thousands of man hours to make. To top it all off, the market for them is tiny (compared to other games). That's why they're expensive, and subject to excessive piracy. I will never condone FSLabs methods, they are deserving of whatever scorn and boycott that may be coming their way, but I do understand where they're coming from.
fOrTy_7
That's being said by privacy information thefts. Using malware and rootkit like methods to hijack privacy information is just that, a privacy information stealing.
Beside this being a PR disaster, it puts you on par with "pirates" themselves.
Maybe already encrypt they whole drives and ask for BitCoins, cos with your methodology it seems fair, right?
Koniakki
So many DRM related news and issues coming up lately..
lucidus
Previous decade all over again.
Kaarme
I wonder what the person who came up with this was thinking. Maybe it was the legendary: "Nobody will ever notice."
TheDeeGee
Seems FSLabs are deleting topics and banning people, i guess they are trying to cover up.
rl66
Sadly for them the FS users always stay packed and are very very very active (kind of a sect with virtual wings lol)... i guess it's the best way if FSLabs want to never ever sold a product... they better face the problem and found a solution.
sykozis
The amount of time and effort necessary to create a flight sim addon doesn't justify willful distribution of malware.... Especially not malware that has the potential to leave someone's billing and other personal information exposed. Also, FSLabs can't use that information to go after US based "pirates" as the data would be acquired using methods that are banned in the US and directly violate federal laws. Even bringing a case against a US based "pirate" using such information would be an admission of guilt on their part.
tsunami231
just more riduclously DRM crap going on. and DRM that steals "passwords" is just a no no
sykozis
DRM that steals passwords isn't DRM.... It's malware.
Stairmand
I was just about to say the same, this is not DRM. This is malware, In the UK it almost certainly falls foul of the 1998 computer misuse act. Specifically using software to gain unauthorised access to computer material.
CalculuS
Big lawsuit incoming!
Privacy lawyers everywhere suddenly see dollar signs in front of their eyes.
Texter
Yay...flight sim add-ons are somehow somewhat relevant again!!!
RzrTrek
Did the developers sneak it into the EULA or are we talking about real malicious intent?
sykozis
In some countries, it doesn't matter if it's in the EULA or not. The US is a good example. Even if it's in the EULA, it's still classified by the US Gov't as malware and it's still being willfully and intentionally distributed.
Spartan
Hilarious.
https://www.fidusinfosec.com/fslabs-flight-simulation-labs-dropping-malware-to-combat-piracy/
TheDeeGee
Lolz at the "false positive" response.
Enticles
oh my... what a fiasco!
RIP FSLabs
The Goose
As usual people jump the gun...why shouldn't companies take drastic measures to protect there income, if people didnt pirate then there would not be the need for it.
