It apparently only checks if Flash is installed. I have Chrome configured to block all plugins, and while there is no sound unless I enable it, the game runs fine.
In many cases yes, they are bundled together nicely. spokeo.com is an example of a service that can do this. Sure, maybe you have no public records, but most people do.
You're AC so will be ignored, but you are correct.
Sony did a bad thing, and it's fun to joke about their crappy form of compensation, but really - what else should they do?
They are offering an opt-in service for a year that will monitor for and help fix issues related to identity theft and includes insurance to fix your credit if something does happen. This seems pretty fair to me.
How about you let me request a new card, instead of my card being declined at dinner because some company told Visa that my card was possibly stolen. Sounds like a great denial of service opportunity.
Name and address should not be enough to ruin your credit. The worst of the worst is someone using your credit card number fraudulently. It's a big deal, but I think the cries of rampant identity theft are a little overzealous. My government ID card has my SSAN printed on it, along with my name, and I find the potential loss of this piece of plastic to be much more devastating than Sony accidentally loosing information that you could find on a people search website for a nominal fee.
If I have your name I can find out (almost) all of the information leaked by Sony, for a nominal fee. Probably more, because it will also include previous addresses and marriage information, among other things.
Credit card fraud is the more realistic negative affect of this event. Credit cards expire.
Did you give Sony your SSN? No? Then what's the worry?
You are not alone, at least. This was always my main attraction to WoW... exploring the lore and the places I'd visited or possibly destroyed in old games. I don't have an addictive enough personality to play it for the in-game perks and rewards and shininess, it has to be a personal interest in the content and story. That's actually a reason I'm not that into MMOs, as I like a story with an ending, where the things you do actually affect the world. The cataclysm expansion added a little bit of the world changing, but the story still doesn't have any form of ending or closure because that's not how you keep subscribers.
The general public, and their customers, have largely complained about Anonymous hacking PSN. This is one of the main reasons that this "sect" released a press release. The general slashdot crowd may not believe a word Sony says, but that is not representative of the general public.
It's also not hard for the general public to believe they are behind it, because they have heard of the HBgary hack and the DDoS on Sony, don't know or don't care of the motivations.
Also, you have articles like this, which was just released and claims that Anonymous is now planning an attack on Sony.
MacPorts has a GUI called Porticus which is similar to Synaptic. I'm sure there are others, that's just the one I use.
MacPorts is also hosted by Apple, though they are not officially involved in development. Many of the developers are Apple employees, however, because (get this) many Apple employees are nerds that enjoy Unix.
That's why Apple hosts macports.org, probably the easiest place for getting FOSS for the Mac (fink too, I suppose, but it's generally a bit more out of date). Because they're so evil and don't want people to have any choices.
So what you're telling me is I just need to set up a phishing page that tells you that you entered the wrong password, and you will give me all of your passwords of which you probably reuse at least a few of them elsewhere, otherwise they would not be in the least bit memorable. Got it.
No, it was in the news in July, and then somebody took it and made it look like it had anything to do with this issue. It doesn't.
The information was talking about using people's locations to provide services. Kind of important when you expect your Cheap Gas Finder app to show you prices that are nearby, and such things.
You're also assuming the official repository was vetted, which is not always the case. If the original source that the packagers got it from has been compromised (as happened with Unreal IRCd, for example) then it is very possible for that compromised software to be packaged and released into a distribution. Most distros go so far as to verify the md5/shasums, but they're not reading every line of code to check for security issues. Some distros don't even sign their packages, like Arch, and so you must hope that the mirror wasn't compromised.
This will only get worse for as long as websites and the internet as a whole depend on passwords. It is impossible for most users to remember multiple unique passwords for the important sites they go to, let alone the hundreds they would need for every time they wanted to comment on CNN or some blog. Sure, there are password managers, but most either aren't that secure or take users knowing that they should use one.
I cannot wait for openid and similar services to really take off. It's much easier to work with and have better security at the same time. Kudos to Google and even Facebook for moving in a direction where you can use them for authentication.
I think they realized Other OS caused security holes before they removed it from the consoles, after all it was never in the PS3 Slim though the hackers have demonstrated it wasn't a hardware limitation. They were obviously trying to quietly phase it out.
77 million is worldwide, not in the US (Xbox Live is only 25-30 million worldwide, and it's considered more popular in the US). Sony has already stated they will be helping with identity theft protection services, though what kind of assistance they will be providing is unknown at this point.
Of course they keep it, that's standard practice. If you ever wanted to start again it's simply a matter of logging in and putting in a new credit card number.
Gah that article refers to it as an engine stall... giant pet peeve of mine when news-media talks about "stalls" on airplanes. They always say it's the engine, and it's not. Engine can be working great, a wing is the thing that stalls when it stops producing enough lift.
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Credit protection does more than just alarm. In this case they provide assistance in fixing it, as well as insurance for associated costs.
It apparently only checks if Flash is installed. I have Chrome configured to block all plugins, and while there is no sound unless I enable it, the game runs fine.
In many cases yes, they are bundled together nicely. spokeo.com is an example of a service that can do this. Sure, maybe you have no public records, but most people do.
You're AC so will be ignored, but you are correct.
Sony did a bad thing, and it's fun to joke about their crappy form of compensation, but really - what else should they do?
They are offering an opt-in service for a year that will monitor for and help fix issues related to identity theft and includes insurance to fix your credit if something does happen. This seems pretty fair to me.
How about you let me request a new card, instead of my card being declined at dinner because some company told Visa that my card was possibly stolen. Sounds like a great denial of service opportunity.
No thanks.
Name and address should not be enough to ruin your credit. The worst of the worst is someone using your credit card number fraudulently. It's a big deal, but I think the cries of rampant identity theft are a little overzealous. My government ID card has my SSAN printed on it, along with my name, and I find the potential loss of this piece of plastic to be much more devastating than Sony accidentally loosing information that you could find on a people search website for a nominal fee.
If I have your name I can find out (almost) all of the information leaked by Sony, for a nominal fee. Probably more, because it will also include previous addresses and marriage information, among other things.
Credit card fraud is the more realistic negative affect of this event. Credit cards expire.
Did you give Sony your SSN? No? Then what's the worry?
You are not alone, at least. This was always my main attraction to WoW... exploring the lore and the places I'd visited or possibly destroyed in old games. I don't have an addictive enough personality to play it for the in-game perks and rewards and shininess, it has to be a personal interest in the content and story. That's actually a reason I'm not that into MMOs, as I like a story with an ending, where the things you do actually affect the world. The cataclysm expansion added a little bit of the world changing, but the story still doesn't have any form of ending or closure because that's not how you keep subscribers.
No credibility with the general public?
The general public, and their customers, have largely complained about Anonymous hacking PSN. This is one of the main reasons that this "sect" released a press release. The general slashdot crowd may not believe a word Sony says, but that is not representative of the general public.
It's also not hard for the general public to believe they are behind it, because they have heard of the HBgary hack and the DDoS on Sony, don't know or don't care of the motivations.
Also, you have articles like this, which was just released and claims that Anonymous is now planning an attack on Sony.
Because nothing in OS X is GPL (oh wait).
MacPorts has a GUI called Porticus which is similar to Synaptic. I'm sure there are others, that's just the one I use.
MacPorts is also hosted by Apple, though they are not officially involved in development. Many of the developers are Apple employees, however, because (get this) many Apple employees are nerds that enjoy Unix.
Oh yes, Apple wants to be the only gatekeeper.
That's why Apple hosts macports.org, probably the easiest place for getting FOSS for the Mac (fink too, I suppose, but it's generally a bit more out of date). Because they're so evil and don't want people to have any choices.
So what you're telling me is I just need to set up a phishing page that tells you that you entered the wrong password, and you will give me all of your passwords of which you probably reuse at least a few of them elsewhere, otherwise they would not be in the least bit memorable. Got it.
No, it was in the news in July, and then somebody took it and made it look like it had anything to do with this issue. It doesn't.
The information was talking about using people's locations to provide services. Kind of important when you expect your Cheap Gas Finder app to show you prices that are nearby, and such things.
You're at the complete wrong end of the spectrum.
Or subpoena the same information from the carrier... and oh yeah, that tracking hasn't stopped.
Lunchtime privacy doubly so.
You're also assuming the official repository was vetted, which is not always the case. If the original source that the packagers got it from has been compromised (as happened with Unreal IRCd, for example) then it is very possible for that compromised software to be packaged and released into a distribution. Most distros go so far as to verify the md5/shasums, but they're not reading every line of code to check for security issues. Some distros don't even sign their packages, like Arch, and so you must hope that the mirror wasn't compromised.
Doubt it. If you read the Sony blog comments, the majority of customers only care when the services are back up, not about the breach itself.
This will only get worse for as long as websites and the internet as a whole depend on passwords. It is impossible for most users to remember multiple unique passwords for the important sites they go to, let alone the hundreds they would need for every time they wanted to comment on CNN or some blog. Sure, there are password managers, but most either aren't that secure or take users knowing that they should use one.
I cannot wait for openid and similar services to really take off. It's much easier to work with and have better security at the same time. Kudos to Google and even Facebook for moving in a direction where you can use them for authentication.
More that enough for ID theft?
That's information stored in most Facebook accounts, except for the CC number which is easily changed and customers aren't liable for anyway.
I think they realized Other OS caused security holes before they removed it from the consoles, after all it was never in the PS3 Slim though the hackers have demonstrated it wasn't a hardware limitation. They were obviously trying to quietly phase it out.
77 million is worldwide, not in the US (Xbox Live is only 25-30 million worldwide, and it's considered more popular in the US). Sony has already stated they will be helping with identity theft protection services, though what kind of assistance they will be providing is unknown at this point.
Of course they keep it, that's standard practice. If you ever wanted to start again it's simply a matter of logging in and putting in a new credit card number.
Gah that article refers to it as an engine stall... giant pet peeve of mine when news-media talks about "stalls" on airplanes. They always say it's the engine, and it's not. Engine can be working great, a wing is the thing that stalls when it stops producing enough lift.
But I digress...