Anonymous Says It's Not Finished With Sony

[loremazd]

Honestly scedualing it so quickly is gonna be bad for them. You dont organise a protest in one week. That's barely enough time for people to hear about it and make plans.

 

[mireko]

Seriously. If I were part of PETA, and said "videogames condone animal violence", despite hearing nothing else from PETA confirming or denying that statement, would you report on it? Or would you just call me a lunatic.

Or we could have an excuse to post the best LP ever:

 

[theriddlen]

I already got rid of my Sony products, and won't buy any. Anon, i support.

I would participate in demonstrations, if there were any in my country

 

[Iglock]

I can't help feeling that they over-dramatised it a tad.

I don't see how they expect people to take them seriously when that video played out like it advertising a blockbuster movie.

"THIS SUMMER...
Prepare for the biggest attack you have ever witnessed... ANONYMOUS STYLE!"

 

[Jyggalag]

This entire thing seems a bit immature at best. If you don't like how a company does things, don't be a customer. Recently Zelda games are on the decline so I stopped purchasing them. I was considering buying a ps3 but it seems that I could do everything a ps3 has to offer on my computer. Consoles are restricted to the companies demands, therefore are inferior to a personal computer where you can do what you want, how you want, with your product that you legally purchased.

 

[Wolfram23]

This is going to fail. I mean the 16th thing.

I do think Sony has overstepped the boundaries of consumer "rights" (assuming people actually even have rights), but protesting won't do much.

As for not buying Sony products, I think the only one I own is my PS3 so I guess I'm good there. Oh wait I did buy my girlfriend a Sony camera just over a year ago for her bday. Ok so that's 2. But I swear that's all! =P

 

[Slinker07]

I kinda liked them more when they focused on Scientologoly... And y'know... "bigger issues".

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

You know, I liked Alan Moore's story and all but I am getting a little tired of seeing that damn mask.

Not trying to be a dick, but Alan Moore isn't the one who came up with that mask, its a Guy Fawkes' mask... from, well, Guy Fawkes... just go look it up.

Who cares?

You, apparently.

I'm intrigued to see how this whole thing turns out, Anonymous' influence is pretty damn strong.

a bunch of kids and teens supporting e terrorist actions stalling the use of products for their "rebellion" against sony was really immature. EX the PSN. They have no real support and the ones that due support are mindless idiots who probably think communism works.

I hope that wasn't a hint, considering I don't support or condone their actions.

Rather, I see it as a refreshing reminder of what can be done when people band together for a common cause.
There's a little something that can be taken from anything.

 

[st0pnsw0p]

According to Anonymous, not only was it unacceptable that Sony had "forced" sites like YouTube and PayPal to give up personal information about people who had watched GeoHot's videos or donated money to him, it was also unacceptable that Sony was permitted to request such information in the first place.

GeoHot's belief was in the freedom of information dissemination. We will stand with him.

So they believe in freedom of information but they also claim that Sony aquiring information from Youtube and Paypal is wrong.
They can't have it both ways. If information is, as they claim, free, then they can't have a problem with Sony aquiring it, and if information is NOT free, that means that Sony's lawsuit against Geohotz is perfectly justifiable, and since their entire attack against Sony is based on the grounds that said lawsuit is wrong, they no longer have any (non-hypocritic) reason to stay mad at Sony.

 

[Quakester]

Did anyone else notice that Anonymous is attacking Sony for invading people's privacy and stifling the free flow of information in the same breath. So basically they are saying everyone should have free access to all information, and by all I mean all of yours, not mine.

 

[mireko]

This is going to fail. I mean the 16th thing.

I do think Sony has overstepped the boundaries of consumer "rights" (assuming people actually even have rights), but protesting won't do much.

As for not buying Sony products, I think the only one I own is my PS3 so I guess I'm good there. Oh wait I did buy my girlfriend a Sony camera just over a year ago for her bday. Ok so that's 2. But I swear that's all! =P

Just out of curiosity, in what way have they done this? Youtube and Paypal should not have handed over that information so lightly, but is it really wrong for Sony to ask? Anyone could do that. If anything, it should serve as a strong reminder that nobody is ever "hidden" online, not even if they're on TOR.

It's still perfectly legal to mod your PS3 in any way you see fit, you just aren't allowed to upload parts of the firmware (in Hotz's case, the keys) to the Internet. This is nothing new.

I don't mean to sound like a dick, I'm just not seeing it.

 

[dbmountain]

I can't wait to hit up my local sony store on the 16th with my airsoft to shoot some Anons

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Yet, they had to get at least 4 PS3's for this message

 

[Frostbite3789]

I read the title of the article as "Anonymous tries to stay in the news. And succeeds!"

 

[minty81]

Why give attention to Anonymous? They are a bunch of 14 year olds who think that they're cool by running around in Guy fawkes masks and making empty threats. Also, If they continue attacking companies like Sony it will only hurt the average user.

 

[Awexsome]

Ah, Anon. Gleefully protect the free speech and flow of information and right of privacy that benefits them and always hiding their defense behind that "free speech" when anyone ever goes after a pirating source.

 

[Pendragon9]

I still support Sony all the way with this.

I couldn't care less if I'm called a corporate sheep. You don't DDOS Playstation Network and then claim to "fight for my rights".

 

[Canadamus Prime]

You know what confuses me? Since Anonymous is basically a very disjointed collective of individuals of only extremely loose association, how exactly do they decide who gets to pick their targets or who get's to make these press releases?

 

[Vanbael]

Sony is trying to be the more consumer friendly company there is, free online services, with very good products that are also not Playstation 3. I don't know about you but jailbreaking a Sony TV ain't worth it, or the camera, or the stereo, or even the headphones. How do you jailbreak headphones? Anyways, buying a Sony product doesn't mean "SONY NOW OWNS YOUR SOUL!"

And I'm not throwing away an HD TV, my Dad's old stereo used in the horse barn, and a pair of very nice headphones to say they are invading my privacy. The only thing I get from them is just a friendly weekly email. I don't hear about them making criminal background checks on me everyday. And if they are I pity the fool who has that job.

Also, I'm going to support Sony with an all day gaming marathon on my PS3 on a Sony HD TV, getting some good DLC off of PSN, and listening to music off of a Sony stereo. I support neither Sony or Anonymous, I SUPPORT THE GAMERS!

 

[Danpascooch]

Ah, Anon. Gleefully protect the free speech and flow of information and right of privacy that benefits them and always hiding their defense behind that "free speech" when anyone ever goes after a pirating source.

So you're saying they protect free speech, and also use free speech to defend themselves? I see no contradiction there, it just means they are really in favor of free speech