At the risk of fanning the flames, I'm in the same camp as Jamie. I don't think it was karma that caused this to happen (I don't believe in it), but at the same time I don't feel bad for Sony, either. Not after how it's treated its customers the past couple of years, by putting itself first, and customers second.
The removal of the Linux option bugged me, but it wasn't because I used that feature religiously. It was because I bought the console when it had that option, and took advantage of it. Then, to thwart could-be hackers, Sony removed the feature, without care of how it affected its customers. I'd bring up the removal of the backwards-compatibility also, but after talking to other PS3 owners over the years, I've concluded I'm in the minority caring about that one.
The thing that bugs me, is that Sony removed the ability to install Linux in haste to prevent hacking, when a mere month later, mind-blowing hacks hit the scene that had
nothing to do with the Linux feature. So in the end, Sony removed a feature that never had to be removed, nor ever considered restoring it. Then, to make things even worse, it brought George Hotz to court for hacking the console... which was meant to solve what? The deed was done... bringing some kid to court wasn't going to accomplish anything. To go even
further, Sony, through the courts, obtained the IP addresses of everyone who merely
visited his website.
Then, as if that wasn't all bad enough... Sony failed to protect its customers data, and it wound up stolen. While it was protecting its console from being hacked, it had no real concern over the information that mattered... its customers'.
It could be argued that this kind of thing could happen to any company, and that'd be correct. But because the logins and passwords were stolen, it means nothing was stored encrypted, as the hashes would have little use to a hacker.
Look at it this way. Your Techgage password is safer than your PSN password. That's a problem.
Kougar said:
I'd have to check but I think Sony just set a new all time record for how many users had their personal data compromised.
Scary, isn't it? Let's just hope user credit cards were not comprised also...
