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Wagram on 28 April 2011
Kasz216 said:

People are saying 20 billion, because each case of identity theft like what happens in having their paswords and names copied costs an average of $318... and Sony is probably on the hook for that.

Of course the average of $318 is more of a, hit one person for thousands and thousands while most skirt free... but you get the point.

Peoples bank accounts and such are at risk despite CC info not being taken because of the propensity at which most people repeat passwords.

77 Million X 318 = 23 Billion.

Then you throw in a few million here and there fore rebuilding the market, lost buisness, legal fees, dealing with all the government inquries, stuff like that.

Most of the above costs though would be down the line.  The lawsuits started now are silly since I THINK you need to demonstrate harm. 

While I don't care personally, it's a very big deal for Sony... and a very interesting story.

Most people are dumb. I don't understand why people can't use unique passwords for different websites. It's not THAT hard.



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Sensei on 28 April 2011
Ajescent said:

I only care until PSN comes back.


Ditto. I only care until it comes back so I can resume playing, synching my trophies and buying more stuff from the PS Store.



Ajescent on 28 April 2011
Sensei said:
Ajescent said:

I only care until PSN comes back.


Ditto. I only care until it comes back so I can resume playing, synching my trophies and buying more stuff from the PS Store.

You said it better



PS One/2/p/3slim/Vita owner. I survived the Apocalyps3/Collaps3 and all I got was this lousy signature.


Xbox One: What are you doing Dave?

noname2200 on 28 April 2011
Wagram said:

Most people are dumb. I don't understand why people can't use unique passwords for different websites. It's not THAT hard.

Out of curiousity, how many password-protected websites/services do you use? Because off the top of my head, I use 23, not counting personal-amusement ones (i.e. videogame forums). That's a lot of passwords and usernames to remember...



Wagram on 28 April 2011
noname2200 said:
Wagram said:

Most people are dumb. I don't understand why people can't use unique passwords for different websites. It's not THAT hard.

Out of curiousity, how many password-protected websites/services do you use? Because off the top of my head, I use 23, not counting personal-amusement ones (i.e. videogame forums). That's a lot of passwords and usernames to remember...

Probably around 15 websites / Games.



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noname2200 on 28 April 2011
Wagram said:
noname2200 said:
Wagram said:

Most people are dumb. I don't understand why people can't use unique passwords for different websites. It's not THAT hard.

Out of curiousity, how many password-protected websites/services do you use? Because off the top of my head, I use 23, not counting personal-amusement ones (i.e. videogame forums). That's a lot of passwords and usernames to remember...

Probably around 15 websites / Games.

Count me impressed at your ability to sort them all out on demand, then! Mine are all gibberish phrases/combos, so keeping them sorted is too much for me.



evolution_1ne on 29 April 2011
Ajescent said:
Sensei said:
Ajescent said:

I only care until PSN comes back.


Ditto. I only care until it comes back so I can resume playing, synching my trophies and buying more stuff from the PS Store.

You said it better

plus one for you guys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

edit: I'd bet the majority of the people blowing this up like it's the end of the world are people who almost never use their ps3's or don't even own one



SvennoJ on 29 April 2011
noname2200 said:
Wagram said:
noname2200 said:
Wagram said:

Most people are dumb. I don't understand why people can't use unique passwords for different websites. It's not THAT hard.

Out of curiousity, how many password-protected websites/services do you use? Because off the top of my head, I use 23, not counting personal-amusement ones (i.e. videogame forums). That's a lot of passwords and usernames to remember...

Probably around 15 websites / Games.

Count me impressed at your ability to sort them all out on demand, then! Mine are all gibberish phrases/combos, so keeping them sorted is too much for me.

You know they did invent paper a while back. You could write them down somewhere. I only memorize the ones for accessing my bank, email and laptop. Most other sites stay logged in anyway, locking the laptop works fine, no need to dig up the passwords all the time.

I'll change my psn password when it's back up just to be safe, and maybe my bank will give me a call to confirm next time I buy something on psn. Other then that I'm kinda enjoying some quiet time without login/logout notices, and have been able to finish a few games and enjoy some movies without GT5 online taking up most of my time.



Porcupine_I on 29 April 2011

Sony was hacked?



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

UncleScrooge on 29 April 2011

On one hand I don't care at all since I will just buy PSN cards in store which has never been a problem for me for any device.

On the other hand I'm gonna get a PSP Go on monday so yeah... I won't be able to play any games until PSN is back up. BTW is Sony going to do anything to compensate for the downtime? Most people won't care anyways but there are people (like me) who won't be able to use their gaming device for some time.