Which has a better chance of happening?

[Tony_Stark]

brendude13 said:

So 90% of people on this thread are stupid?

Well, I could name a few, but for the most part, that was just a silly comment, hence the "lol"

So what if it was taken? I don't need to cancel my credit cards because the bottom line is, they can't use them. Once again you ignored my comment about encryption and the lack of a bank PIN, do you have selective reading or are you really that stupid? And on paper this is a disaster for SONY, because in the end personal data was leaked. In the end, the consumer shouldn't care though because that personal data can be obtained anyway. I could walk up the road, smash open a letter box and wham, I immediately have the names and addresses of thousands of people. What exactly can I do that is so harmful, send them junk mail?

You don't need to cancel your credit cards, but it would be the smart thing to do.

You obviously missed the part where I addressed your comment about encryption, it's pointless unless you know what kind of encryption was used, also, for all we know the server passwords were also "heavily encrypted" but it would seem the hackers got through those.

The bank pin left me with a question...are you talking debt cards? because those can be used without a pin, and actual credit cards don't even have a pin, not here in the US anyway.

In the end, it does matter that the consumers data was comprimised, in the end it makes it that much easier for identity theives to victimize you. Lemme ask you this would you leave your liquer cabinet unlocked in your house if you had a chronic alcoholic as a guest? Sure, the alcoholic could smash the cabinet open, or pry it open with a crow bar, but you don't make it easy for the alcoholic to get the alcohol, why? because it may discourage said alcoholic from trashinhg your house after he/she gets drunk. It's the same deal here, throw around your personal data thinking "oh, well identity thieves can find this data on the web, so I don't need to be careful with it." That's like locking your liquer cabinet, then leaving the key on the kitchen table because the alcoholic can just ransack the house and find the key.

Anyway, what you can do with another person's adress, and what identity thieves can do with the very same adress are two very different things. The identity theives can find out a plethora of info, take out new credit cards, and take out loans just by getting your address.

Why is SONY offering a 1 million identity theft policy? I'll let maths solve this one. 10 million credit cards are linked to PSN, 10 million x 1 million = 10 trillion dollars. Do you really think SONY can just cough up 10 trillion dollars, or even a fraction of that? ...No.

I don't think you understand what an identity theft policy is, or how much it costs, here is a link for your enjoyment! https://www.identityedge.com/signup/ 1 million dollar plans start at just $149.99 a year, so Sony doesn't have to cough up 1 mil.

That policy is there for piece of mind, to calm down the gullable and paranoid morons who believe everything they read, instead of finding out everything for themselves, no offence.

True the policy is there for peace of mind, it is also to try and stave off the inevitable class action and individule lawsuits should anybody become a victim of identity theft because of the PSN debocle. Anyway, I suggest you take your own advice here and start researching this topic instead of blindly protecting Sony over a topic you clearly have no knowlege of.

Is the world about to end for me? I don't think so.

That wasn't smart, I would edit your post to delete that info...I'm not joking here. Like I said before, identity thieves can do more than you can imagine whith just your address.

And encryption is very hard to get through, unless they have somebody from SONY on the inside then they are not getting those credit card numbers anytime soon. And I don't know how things work in America, but here in the UK, credit card numbers are useless without a 4 digit security pin, which was confirmed not to be taken.

Not really, if you know what you are doing, you can slice through most encryption like its wet paper. As for the pin numbers, you don't think they can find that once they have your credit card number? please!

I would happily protect SONY, if this incident is seriously overblown then SONY's business is going to be damaged despite being nothing more than a heap of lies and rumours. I have already proven my point about identity theft not being a problem. The more the media talk out their ass, the more consumers lose faith in SONY, when the consumers lose faith in SONY, then developers lose faith in SONY. There is a huge knock on effect, the result is I have less games to play, and less friends to play with.

Hate to burst you bubble, but this is a very real situation here, if you choose not to believe the "lies and rumers" (utter BS btw) fine, but I've done everything I could to warn you that this is much more seriouse that you think. The media is hyping a huge story...what else is new?  Breaking a large news story is hardly "talking out of one's ass".