[quote name='Zippon']I just wanted to say that I agree with all of your recent posts, TMK. You are one of the few talking sense here.
First off, this is terrorism. Stop all the talk of locks and car brakes and all that garbage. Hacking is like someone running into a business and blowing it up. It can happen pretty much anywhere. People who don't realize this must have incredibly short memories. Everything from the Pentagon to huge banking institutions to large e-tailers have been thoroughly hacked with nearly identical info stolen. Everyone is vulnerable. And since we never punish hackers--if we catch them at all--it will continue.
Second, the whining about Sony's poor communication is the same exact whining I've seen when other intrusions happen. As soon as they confirmed sensitive info was stolen, they announced it. It is entirely unreasonable to expect them to declare the worst-case scenario from the very start. They declared that it was due to an intrusion early on, and they quickly followed that up by saying they didn't know if sensitive info was stolen. If people wanted to start canceling their cards, they should have done it then. The possibility was obviously there. There would be a host of complaints against Sony if they'd guessed your CC info was stolen before knowing for sure, because people would cancel their cards then blame Sony for "lying to them". NO-WIN SCENARIO.
Anyone who thinks Sony knew personal info was stolen and covered it up or delayed is an idiot. Seriously. There is no other way to say it. Why? Because there is NO WAY to cover that up. Sony already said they were hacked, so if a rash of identity theft happened it would be easy to trace it back to them.
Blame the hackers. Don't blame the victims (which includes all of us and Sony). This kind of terrorism will only end when we all grow up and focus our efforts against the real culprits.[/QUOTE]
[quote name='Halo05']You're basically arguing with a wall. Sony could burn his house down and TMK would simply concede that it was in their way to begin with.[/QUOTE]
I'm loving this thread.