[Schnippshly]

"Being on the PSN is a privilege, not a right. If you decide to stay on a custom firmware, you lose that privilege."
"Uh-oh, we lost the personal information of every single person, CFW user or not, to hackers... Um... Well it's your own fault for signing onto PSN, PSN is your responsibility, not ours!"

[systematic]

Originally Posted by Fulaeetoy That's why PSN is free. ____________________________________

I dont follow, online banking is free so is bill paying for most utilities. I dont understand what that it has to do with security.

[Schnippshly]

Originally Posted by Fulaeetoy That's why PSN is free.

XBOX 360 is the only console that charges to play online. You can play PC, Wii or NDS games online and not worry about losing your personal info due to the people handling it being mind-blowingly incompetent.

[Pockets69]

Originally Posted by Sony It's not our fault

I give you that sony, its not your fault, its ours from trusting you!

[tryp]

"That's why PSN is free."

Unless, like me, you paid for Playstation Plus.

Done with my cig, back to MK now..damn I wish the 360's pad didn't suck for fighters, that'd have been $60 towards the xbox instead of the ps3.

[blackmath]

This is the wrong stand for them to take on this. You'd have to be b@tsh!t crazy to trust them with your info after this fiasco. I have no intention on buying anything from them PSN as long as they take this careless attitude about security.

[japsander]

think yourselves lucky that sony do not run a babysitting, bodyguard, witnes protection programme. thats all i can say.

[republicano]

sony can be responsible for negligence but its the users choice to agree on the terms of the contract, its for free and users didnt have to give any consideration in return,so you cant blame sony, they were hacked, they didnt give out the information voluntarily.

[japsander]

Originally Posted by republicano sony can be responsible for negligence but its the users choice to agree on the terms of the contract, its for free and users didnt have to give any consideration in return,so you cant blame sony, they were hacked, they didnt give out the information voluntarily.

if it was free, you would never have given your details would you?
the psn free service is fine but as a retailer they failed on their responsibilities. do you sign a contract when you buy anything in a shop? what would you say if they copied every detail on your card (including the 3 digit security code that they have no right/need to ever see) and then wrote it in a book in an unlocked case?

they had a legal obligation to ensure safety of private data.
they did not encrypt it, WHY?
they stored the 3 digit security code, WHY?
they stored it in plain text, WHY?
when you "deleted" billing info they did not remove it, WHY?

there is no excuse for this. they also knew about the vulnerability and did nothing to prevent it. they spent too much tyime and resources trying to silence the people that would uncover their incompetence.

where in the contract (what contract?) does it say they will do nothing to secure your data and you are at risk because of this? legally you need to be informed of any risks involved.

[BobbyBlunt]

A lawsuit has been mentioned and as people have brought up what good would it do? Well with millions worldwide in a class action lawsuit involving many countries I really don't think Sony would stand a chance. The ToS means nothing. This is criminal neglect of personal information. I have contacted a lawyer and we talked for a while about the whole situation amd he also stated that Sony's terms mean nothing if they break the law. In my opinion the fanboys that keep coming to this site flaming us should be thanking us that we pointed out these flaws months ago. We were never what Sony should have been scared of. They should've listened to the warnings of several intelligent people and stopped being so arrogant.