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How nice, they lose globalised data, and only compensate US customers. Lovely.
Apparently they are working on something for European users also :
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...tection-scheme
Better news then
Yeah read the full statement.
The PSN debacle won't change my current setup as that would be like closing the door after the horse has bolted.
The thing is what I do going forward. Sony in general has taken a real knock in my eyes, I never expected perfection or them to be *nice* (no corporation is). However incompetent is a new addition to the list.
Will I buy another Sony Product? well lets just say they will need some insane stuff on the Pros column to outweigh the Cons column.
Will I buy more stuff from PSN? if it is the only way to get Journey, maybe just maybe. However some of the fluff I have bought before would not be bought now.
Panasonic, HTC and even MS might be getting a bit more business long term.
Can't see me leaving Alpha mount though.
Worrying about how secure PSN has been in the past is one thing, but I wouldn't worry about how secure it'll be in the future. After the terrible publicity and the amount of money this disaster has cost Sony, PSN version 2.0 is likely to end up as one of the least hackable networks on the planet.
I am surprisingly not that bothered by the credit card thing. I got my CC and DC exploited 4 years ago and it wasn't that big of a deal. My Bank and Card Co usually let me know if something dodgy is going on and it exposes fraudster to discovery.Originally Posted by Iron Sights
The thing that bothers me more is my loss of personal data. That loans or cards might be made out in my name.
Sony has never been that good at software.The unfinishedness of the XMB/PSN is really starting to grate on me. The music player still can't seek in a long file (podcast), the browser makes IE6 seem amazing, still no cross game chat, PlayTV still awaiting the HD option they claimed on launch, no nested folders and the same visualisations as for music and so on. Everything is just still a bit doughy.
It could have been so much better, I had hoped MS kicking their arse in the early days would have injected some humility and competitiveness back into PS. I just don't think they have done half of what they could have. Really if they couldn't be arsed developing out their own OS they should have built an App store to fill the need.
So what do I recommend to someone who really wants to buy a PS3? create a fake account like those for other countries and use prepaid cards.
Iron Sights (06-05-2011)
This quote sums it up for me and Sony:
The House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade continues to seek answers regarding last month's breach of the PlayStation Network's security. The one it got yesterday from Purdue professor and security expert Dr. Gene Spafford is troubling, to say the least, if the situation he detailed actually played out as described.
Spafford told the subcommittee that, according to security mailing lists he subscribes to, "individuals who work in security and participate in the Sony network" had learned "several months ago" that PSN was hosted on servers running "very old versions of Apache software that were unpatched and had no firewall installed."
The professor continued, "they had reported these [issues] in an open forum that was monitored by Sony employees, but had seen no response and no change or update to the software." The timeframe for these events was "two to three months prior to the incident where the break-ins occurred," according to Spafford.
It's important to note that his account of the situation and information is second-hand. Still, the potential for this testimony to cause the subcommittee, headed by representative Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), to demand more answers from Sony -- and, more specifically, the individuals mentioned by Spafford -- does exist.
Sony could not be reached for comment.
There is a report on Eurogamer, granted a bit of speculation as it was chatter on an irc channel observed by cnet that whoever is going to hit Sony again this weekend and post up users details on a website.
Yeah speculation, but could well be a bit of truth in it. If so not good at all :
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...k-this-weekend
What are these loons thinking, all they are doing is annoying 70 million PSN users with their little crusade. What exactly are they trying to acomplish? It also makes you wonder if their heads are screwed on correctly, dont go messing with Sony networks or websites when there are so many law enforcement agencies currently looking into what has already happened.
I dont know, if those details got posted to a website it could put the boot in for Sony as it would be a magnet for nasty side of the net. As it stands we know the details are out there, but nothing from those details has surfaced so the customers anger is simmering for the now.
Now I am officially REALLY annoyed.
Trying to play Assassins Creed : Brotherhood. When I start it up it keeps trying to get an update and will not allow me into the game as there is no PSN connection, just keeps exiting onto the XMB after spending a few minutes trying.
This has gone way beyond a joke and pointing fingers. They need to get their backsides shifted into gear and sort these problems out for us.
Tried disconnecting it from the intertubes?
^ usually does the trick
Had to delete my network settings, got in now thankfully. Still annoyed though regardless
Listening to Steve Gibson (of GRC) on Security Now (299) from the 4th of May. At about 39mins He mentions that Brian Krebs (from KrebsonSecurity.com) has posted screenshots indicating that full credit card details are now up for sale.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f6/psn-d...up-sale-85702/ for some screen shots
and more info on
http://slinkingtowardretirement.com/?tag=brian-krebs
If this is true why was Sony keeping cvv2 data?
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