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vlad321 on 30 April 2011
Kasz216 said:

Also... rootkit was the worst.

I mean, for some reason they decided to put system harming malware on yoru computer... with the justification of "we didn't think people would care because they don't even know what it is!"

Heck, they were even sending themselves info with that.

So I mean... this was a case of Sony losing their info to theives.

Rootkit was a case of Sony stealing your info and essentially hacking into your computer and making it easier for other people to hack into it.  All because... you gave Sony money to buy one of their products.

That was the last ever actual CD album I ever bought. Funny how that worked out for them....



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Alby_da_Wolf on 30 April 2011
Kasz216 said:

Also... rootkit was the worst.

I mean, for some reason they decided to put system harming malware on yoru computer... with the justification of "we didn't think people would care because they don't even know what it is!"

Heck, they were even sending themselves info with that.

So I mean... this was a case of Sony losing their info to theives.

Rootkit was a case of Sony stealing your info and essentially hacking into your computer and making it easier for other people to hack into it.  All because... you gave Sony money to buy one of their products.

Yep, the rootkit was comparable to MS IE stealthily recording the users' sensible data in the file "index.dat" even when the users checked every possible option to make it NEVER memorize those data. I completely stopped using IE for e-commerce or to access any site requiring sensible data to give any service when I knew it. So, if I were a PSN user, after this incident I'd pretend its security to be checked and certified by an independent and respectable company before trusting it again.



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twesterm on 30 April 2011

Sony misstep's through the years?  Just google Sony disappointment timeline.



 

evolution_1ne on 30 April 2011
twesterm said:

Sony misstep's through the years?  Just google Sony disappointment timeline.

lol I'd bet you printed that out and snuggle with it every night before going to bed

OT: that rookit thing was pretty funny



ssj12 on 30 April 2011
Kasz216 said:

Also... rootkit was the worst.

I mean, for some reason they decided to put system harming malware on yoru computer... with the justification of "we didn't think people would care because they don't even know what it is!"

Heck, they were even sending themselves info with that.

So I mean... this was a case of Sony losing their info to theives.

Rootkit was a case of Sony stealing your info and essentially hacking into your computer and making it easier for other people to hack into it.  All because... you gave Sony money to buy one of their products.

ya, I noticed that the article linked forgets about rootkits completely...



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makingmusic476 on 30 April 2011

For those worrying about personal information getting out on the internet, you don't want to check out this site:

http://www.spokeo.com/



ssj12 on 30 April 2011
makingmusic476 said:

For those worrying about personal information getting out on the internet, you don't want to check out this site:

http://www.spokeo.com/


actually I just looked for myself, even the basic information is completely wrong.



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makingmusic476 on 30 April 2011
ssj12 said:
makingmusic476 said:

For those worrying about personal information getting out on the internet, you don't want to check out this site:

http://www.spokeo.com/


actually I just looked for myself, even the basic information is completely wrong.

It's got accurate info about my entire family, save for one sister who it thinks is still single and lives at home.



twesterm on 30 April 2011
evolution_1ne said:
twesterm said:

Sony misstep's through the years?  Just google Sony disappointment timeline.

lol I'd bet you printed that out and snuggle with it every night before going to bed

OT: that rookit thing was pretty funny


Actually, I go to bed with my PS3 every night.



 

evolution_1ne on 30 April 2011
makingmusic476 said:
ssj12 said:
makingmusic476 said:

For those worrying about personal information getting out on the internet, you don't want to check out this site:

http://www.spokeo.com/


actually I just looked for myself, even the basic information is completely wrong.

It's got accurate info about my entire family, save for one sister who it thinks is still single and lives at home.

it's very basic info that's similar to my dad who dies last year (that summer sucked save for the puppy)