The scenario that’s been playing over the past few days ever since an online “hacktivist” group who’ve dubbed themselves “Anonymous” sent an open letter to Sony, is something taken straight from the movies. In the letter, the group told Sony it would soon start attacking its properties in protest of a lawsuit the firm has leveled against infamous iPhone Jailbreak doctor, George “Geohot” Hotz, for cracking the PS3 and releasing its root key online for the masses to view and do what they please with.
What ensued after was pure mayhem. A chaotic scenario that’s unfolding as we speak. The group has reportedly target Sony websites and for a short time took a few of them down, and also disrupted PSN in certain locations. Now they’re going after the firm’s employees and even their children. The hackers are looking for personal information. Stuff like credit cards, so they could run up nasty bills, social security numbers for identity theft, and other important and sensitive information of Sony employees.
But the group didn’t stop there, they’re now promising to interrupt the PlayStation Store in hopes of getting gamers “annoyed” and forcing them to stay away from the network and in turn, Sony would lose money. It’s ridiculous, really. These guys actually think they’re doing gamers are favor, when on the contrary, they’re vilifying themselves, and the one who started this whole debacle, George “Geohot” Hotz.
What they should know, though, is that on Anonymous, the gamers stance is unanimous: Get out.
Gamers across the internet are singing the same song. All over gaming’s web they’re calling for the death of these hackers. They’re calling for jail time and total destruction of “Anonymous”.
Why? Gamers don’t care about Geohot’s hacking skills and whether he can crack the PS3 or not. To them, if he’d hacked the console and kept it to himself, no one would mind. But now that he’s released the root key online for all to have a field day with, Sony took action, and rightfully so. Gamers have had to deal with lengthy firmware updates, website maintenance etc., while Sony tries to give them a problem-free gaming experience. Then there’s the problem of hackers who only want to cheat in games with multiplayer, ruining the experience for the legit ones.
I don’t really care what these guys are thinking, simply put: we didn’t ask for their help and we’re not soliciting it now.
We’ve chosen our side, and its Sony’s. It’d be Microsoft or Nintendo’s too, if they were the ones suffering this nuance. I’m not saying these companies are perfect, they all make mistakes. But they’re in this business to make money, not appease Geohot and his hacker friends. They broke the law and so they must face the consequences.
Some wage the argument that Sony should have locked the PS3 with a more difficult code, but to them I say this – if you went out to work and forgot to lock your door, does it make it right for a thief to come in and ravage your home? Wouldn’t you seek legal action if you caught them? Yes, you would.
Same goes here. We are unanimous on this one. Anonymous has already lost the public relations battle.
seems like no one cares about there rights.
soon we will all be in communist china being told what we can wear, what we can say, what games we can play, what time were allowed to eat, what were allowed to eat, what were allowed to wear outside, what where allowed to wear to bed.
the zombiefication of the human race is complete!
It is, right! We’re all moving the way of China~! Christ.
that’s the thing Nick, I am not being told what to do with my console. I am being told what to do with the software that my hardware runs. The software you lease from Sony, and they have made they perfectly clears. It works the same with computers. When you buy windows, you are only buying the licensing rights. It works the same with the software on consoles. If the hack stemmed from an issue with the hardware, then this would be totally different, but it isn’t. Hotz had to manipulate Sony’s software to run his stuff and he distributed that COPYRIGHTED software to the world, and now he is getting in trouble for it, and Sony is in the right. You talked about how Sony needed to be sued by LG because they might have infringed on copyrights. Well, Hotz has done the same thing. He has taken a piece of copyrighted software manipulated it, and distributed it. So if you are going to support one, then you must support the other. Why should I bother arguing thought. You will not listen, even though I have been studying this stuff, and come with an argument. All you do every time is call us sheep, and people who do not care for their rights, but you don’t even understand what is going on and never come with a solid argument.
im not refuting that, im asking what does he have to do with this?
blaming George for piracy is like blaming a gun manufacture for the idiot who killed your brother with there gun.
your the one who made the product, so its your fault!
no, they create the product and it is up to the user to use it within the rules.
if someone uses a tool for illegal use you cant blame the person who made the tool, blame the person who used it!
Piracy is NOT their main case. It is part of the case but they are not relying on it. They are saying that he took their private software that they LICENSE out, and manipulated it and spread it across the internet. George did not use the product within the rules, that is why he is in trouble. I have never said piracy has come from this, and Sony has only put it COULD cause piracy in their statements. They have not built the case on piracy and they will not, but piracy could come of this. He stole private property and distributed it without permission and due to this, many bad things could come of it and that is what Sony is saying. They are trying to protect their property and business.