mornelithe said:
The comparison is apt, albeit a tad extreme. Your comparisons are however, inaccurate. Since Sony doesn't just 'invite' outside connections, the comparison would be, I leave my home, lock my doors, set the alarms, and someone uses high tech equipment to bypass those systems. In which case, you'd still be blaming me for not having enough security. Likewise with a car, it has locks and most of the newer ones not only have alarms, but have key fob's, which require them to be near the car to unlock. They can and are circumvented, so you'd still be blaming the owner for not having more security. The problem isn't companies security, or household security, or car security, the problem is, there's no easy way to track down the hackers, or, they exist in countries that are either beyond the arm of international law (North Korea, China, Russia or hell, even in situations like Stuxnet, the US..not like the US or Israel are going to allow Iran access to any of the folks who made it). |
The problem here is not what Sony is doing at the door but also inside their house. It is nice to have locked doors in your house if you leave it but if you leave the keys on the table for the locked doors you don't have to lock them in the first place.
Again, there are several flaws in the whole concept and infrastructure behind this hack which wouldn't have been able with better work on Sony's side.
But I guess we won't agree in this case.
