[citation][nom]jsc[/nom]I guess I am more stupid than I thought I was.You need to explain to me why Sony "deserved" these recent DDoS attacks.[/citation]
they went after 5 million people who read news about ps3 hacking, not did it, but read the @#%$ing news, thats when !@#$ hit the fan and the masses turned on sony.
[citation][nom]badaxe2[/nom]While both sides seem to be compounding this issue more than needed, the ball is really in groups like Anon's court, since they're the ones with a "mission" of sorts. The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.-Abraham LincolnIf they really want something to change for the better, maybe they should go about it in a more constructive way, and take it up with the people who can actually do something about it (like the government), instead of a company that still offers a free online service at a loss to themselves (if you ignore the optional PSN Plus), compared to a certain competitor of theirs who pocketed over 18 billion last year and still has the nerve to charge people for their alternative service. There are reasons companies protect their intellectual properties that extend far beyond "greed" or "arrogance" etc. The thousands of people they employ, and the families those people have who rely on that income to support themselves, probably didn't appreciate those attacks on PSN. Same with all the victims of the Tsunami disaster in Japan, which cost Sony billions (although insurance will probably cover most of it). It's hard to look at it with a mature mindset and say Sony deserved to be hacked, along with all the unrest it caused their userbase who were merely trying to enjoy a free service. Put it this way: how do the actions of whomever hacked PSN build more feelings of trust and integrity among consumers than the company they felt justified doing it to? Sure, the service had lackluster security, and it's good that better security was built as a result of the hack, but it's troubling to think this all started because someone couldn't just respect a company's EULA boundaries in the first place, and felt entitled to exploiting a major branch of their livelihood for anyone to take advantage of. The whole "Robin Hood" mentality kinda reminds me of communism, and why it has never worked. Human beings generally have an instinctive drive to get ahead in life, and taking the fruits of one man's labor and giving it to another who does nothing destroys that. While there will never be a perfect world and many poor people aren't poor by choice, most people are rich because they worked their butts off to get there. Same with many companies, such as Sony who had humble beginnings in the rubble of Tokyo after WWII. The problem is that the business world we live in today values money above all else, and to prosper means to adhere to that to at least some degree. The companies that built the computers, networks, raw materials, utilities, etc. that Anon used in their attacks are just as guilty as Sony and whoever else they hacked. The rabbit hole goes far deeper than any seemingly justifiable haction they've taken so far, which makes it imperative to stop perpetuating this destructive cycle. The sad part is there is no easy, painless way to go about it for anyone.[/citation]
i hate to say this, but us government has been bought and sold by big businesses LONG ago, all they do not is helping police business ideas. going to the government is a lost cause unless you are asking them to make a law that can be used against you.
big business doesn't give a flying @#$@ about its employees, so long as they don't die in a way they can be sued. sony went after 5 million people, even if it was just a scare tactic, that @!#$ isn't acceptable, they NEEDED a slap in their face, and got a MASSIVE kick to the balls. in a way, their scare tactic worked, but worked out for the consumers, because i cant imagine any other company being that arrogant again... for the next 5-10 years, depending on laws in favor of businesses.
the point is that YOU bought a piece of hardware, THEY changed what you could use it for, and THAT motivated people to put it back in. it all escalated from their.
if YOU take their eula as word of god, than you don't own that system. its as simple as that, you rent it from them.
and the robinhood thing... yea... bending over and taking it is the way we should be... i just want to guess that if in real life if someone told you to grab your ankles you would fight to the death to try and stop them, in big business and government, our complaints fall on deaf ears, because they dont care. a few million people is STILL A MINORITY TO THEM, if it takes a well placed flaming arrow to get the message across, than so be it.
the world isnt black and white, its usually a shade of gray.
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