Creating your own program is not hacking in itself, much like writing a program for Windows to help yourself with some task. But when you create a program to hack into Sony's servers to get free games and so on....that is the same as stealing.
I agree with Bricking because of Pirating but I dont agree with bricking because people made their own programs. And thats what Sony did to anger anonymous.
Jesus christ, you can't really be as ignorant as you're coming off in this thread. I pray for your sake that you're just a fake internet persona. Sent from ... FU KOZ
i just want my netflix for fuck sakes. i have Wii, 360 and PS3. i refuse to pay for Xbox Live though simply because i dont play any online games to justify the 50 bucks for the year. and i will not be paying 50 bucks to use my netflix on the 360 lol. hopefully Sony uses it as a kick in the ass to revamp the PSN theyve had enough time thats for sure. i expected it to last about a week now its just becoming annoying. ill be happy as long as i dont have to file fraudulent charges on my card.
No dont come to Newburgh, if you wanna see me im at the Galleria all the time when im home. I spend more time in Pougheepsie then Newburgh honestly.
Not exactly. Im never home cuz im away at college. And when I am home if im not working or going to the gym i might be at the Mall.
How much is Sony worth exactly? this is going to be a huge blow. Gotta give credit to anonymous, Sony probably laughed at them, but I think we all know who's getting the last laugh now.
I'm sure Sony insured against this risk. If not, then they're idiots and deserve to lose a ton of money.
Coach, netflix still works... Just keep pressing ok.. and it will let you go online.. ( netflix only though)
I wonder the validity of the lawsuits. to have any merit the plaintiffs would have to show that Sony was negligent in protecting their data. anyone who thinks there is absolutely no risk when submitting their personal info is a fool, and all Sony would have to do is show that their security fell within the realms of standard security practices. if Sony was negligent they should pay up, but if the plaintiffs have no proof of negligence, drag Sony into court and then can't prove any negligence, the plaintiffs should be left with the legal bills since they never had a basis for their claim to begin with.
I mean the user agreement for things like this is usually really long. There's probably a provision in there that protects Sony against hacking. Nobody really reads these things (altho maybe after South Park people will)
It's not fully enforced just because you agree to it. There are lots of judicial protections for consumers using form contracts. A well-written one should overcome a lot of those, but there's no such thing as a lock. Judges can even possibly say, for example, that a clause disclaiming all liability for failing to protect your information is void as against public policy, and thus invalid. It could be a res ipsa loquitor situation (if they can show that this more likely than not that this wouldn't have happened in the absence of negligence), which would shift the burden to Sony to prove that they weren't negligent, as opposed to the other way around. I'm sure there's plenty of precedent for corporations who have control of personal information and what happens if it's released. Sony's duty may be only negligence, but maybe non-negligence (i.e. how a reasonable corporation holding sensitive person consumer information would act) here entails a lot of care.
and therein lies the question -- what is the basis for the lawsuit? from what we know there are no real damages done to consumers at this point, so they can't reasonably ask for damages. and if this was a highly sophisticated hack, as claimed, even though Sony could have done more did they act as diligently as reasonably could have been expected based on standard practices. at this point I don't think anyone knows enough to claim to be victims, beyond victims of the hackers.
