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twesterm on 09 February 2011

[Source Engadget]

PS3 'jailbreak code' retweeted by Sony's Kevin Butler, no punchline needed

By Ross Miller posted Feb 9th 2011 1:04AM
Oh, honey. Sony PlayStation's (entirely fictional) Kevin Butler holds many (also fictional) positions within the company, but apparently none of them require him to keep up with (very real) news events. Travis La Marr (aka @exiva) tweeted the now-infamous PS3 METLDR root key towards Butler with the challenge to "Come at me." What's a spokeperson to do but confuse it for a Battleship reference and retweet the entire code? Obviously someone let him in on the joke, as the tweet's since been removed (original URL can be found as More Coverage below). At least Sony won't have to subpoena for his info here. Geohot, we hope you're laughing.

Update: As Digital Foundry points out, this sequence actually refers to the USB dongle ID generator key, also used for PS3 security circumvention.

[Thanks, Scott M]
tmblr.us, @exiva (Twitter)
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Carl on 09 February 2011

Let's face it, who ever is in charge of that Twitter account is in serious trouble.



                            

TT Makaveli on 09 February 2011

yeah "accidently" ^^



Tony_Stark on 09 February 2011

heh, oops.



"with great power, comes great responsibility."

Wagram on 09 February 2011

It's sad that you guys really believe that Kevin Butler actually manages this account.



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Tony_Stark on 09 February 2011
Wagram said:

It's sad that you guys really believe that Kevin Butler actually manages this account.


It's sad that you think we believe that Kevin Butler actually manages his account.



"with great power, comes great responsibility."

Wagram on 09 February 2011
Tony_Stark said:
Wagram said:

It's sad that you guys really believe that Kevin Butler actually manages this account.


It's sad that you think we believe that Kevin Butler actually manages his account.


Not really, hell even news media believes KB is a real person.



Moren on 09 February 2011
Wagram said:
Tony_Stark said:
Wagram said:

It's sad that you guys really believe that Kevin Butler actually manages this account.


It's sad that you think we believe that Kevin Butler actually manages his account.


Not really, hell even news media believes KB is a real person.

I think it's quite obvious that people, and media, all play along the "Kevin Butler" game.



Wagram on 09 February 2011
morenoingrato said:
Wagram said:
Tony_Stark said:
Wagram said:

It's sad that you guys really believe that Kevin Butler actually manages this account.


It's sad that you think we believe that Kevin Butler actually manages his account.


Not really, hell even news media believes KB is a real person.

I think it's quite obvious that people, and media, all play along the "Kevin Butler" game.

Ever see the interview where a Sony rep stated that news media contacted Sony to interview butler thinking he was real?



Moren on 09 February 2011
Wagram said:
morenoingrato said:
Wagram said:
Tony_Stark said:
Wagram said:

It's sad that you guys really believe that Kevin Butler actually manages this account.


It's sad that you think we believe that Kevin Butler actually manages his account.


Not really, hell even news media believes KB is a real person.

I think it's quite obvious that people, and media, all play along the "Kevin Butler" game.

Ever see the interview where a Sony rep stated that news media contacted Sony to interview butler thinking he was real?

Ok, I retire my words.

How can people be so naive?