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[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 118 points 11 months ago

Sony has a record of not respecting its workers, users or consumers.

2005 Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal

2011 PlayStation Network hack

2014 Sony Pictures hack

Now they want more userdata and kernel level anticheat. Surely there is no way for this to backfire

[-] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Is the last two their fault? They were attacked.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 16 points 11 months ago

Yes. Their platform, their security. Their failure to secure their users data is solely their fault. Notice that other platforms don't have this issue. You'd think after the first one, they'd fucking pony up and take security seriously. Sony didn't learn anything.

If it was just one event, I'd advocate for leniency. But Sony doesn't get that from me.

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The last two were because Sony was storing personal data. This store made them a target.

Like the personal data they require when you sign up to PSN to play Helldivers 2.

If they don't collect data, they wouldn't be such a juicy target. So, yes, it is partly their own fault because they took the known risk of storing personal information.

They played with fire and got burned ... more than once.

Source: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/privacy-policy/

this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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