UPDATE: PS3 Hacker GeoHot Claims He's on Vacation

[uppitycracker]

Sony is gonna look REALLY SILLY when it just turns out he went to go visit his South American family

Doesn't matter if he is visiting his family or w/e. Fact is he will probably have violated at least one court order to do so. Dude's going down for that one.

it was a joke, and i haven't seen anywhere that the courts were prohibiting him from going anywhere. they'll usually mention that somewhere along hte lines if it is an issue. but again, no reason to take that comment seriously.

 

[Azuaron]

So geohot continues to be a muppet. Did anyone seriously expect him to win this court case before he fled?

The more interesting story is the length Sonys legal team went to prove he owns a ps3.

Let's be precise about this: Sony's legal team went through a lot to prove he had a PSN account and, therefore, agreed to the PSN EULA.

But, yeah. Don't piss of people with legal teams.

 

[Antari]

Well you have to admit this will certainly save him some legal fees. Atleast in the short term.

 

[Jark212]

He probably would have just gotten a slap on the wrist at most, but now he's in some serious shit...

 

[Xanthious]

Can't say I blame him for running. Better to set up shop in some non extradition country and tell Sony and this corrupt legal system to shove it up their collective asses. Why participate in a system that's so fucking corrupt that it comes down, not to who is in the right, but who has the most money.

The only way to not lose in a rigged game is not to play at all. That seems to be the route he's taking. I say good on him. Fuck the courts and more importantly fuck Sony. It was pretty clear they didn't intend on making this a fair trail from the start so now, if they choose, they can continue with this sham all on their own.

 

[Albino Boo]

If they prove that he owns a PS3 he done for. If he owns one, then he has entered in a contract with Sony and breached it.

Uhm, no. That was never true. It was obvious that he owned a PS3. We all knew that; he couldn't crack one without owning one. But buying a PS3 doesn't mean you have entered into a contract with Sony. It's only signing up for the Playstation Network that does that.

And as Sony still hasn't sufficiently proven that he has done so (only that SOMEONE used one of his PS3s to create one; they have yet to provide proof who that SOMEONE is, so at this point it's only an assumption that it's his), he didn't do anything wrong on that front.

Ok so if you buy a PS3 and doesn't work then you cant take it back because you have no consumer rights which are based on the existence of a contract between buyer and seller. Those highly paid lawyers taking out a class action against Sony about the other 0/S issue fitness for purpose of that contract are just ignorant compared to you. You agree to Sony's terms and conditions when you open the box and unless you show that those terms are illegal you, which no attempt has been made, its game over. You don't have sign anything or tick a box for a contract to exist.

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

I still support him on the grounds that I don't believe what he did should even be illegal in the first place.

internet high five

And I'll just leave this here

 

[IamQ]

Ah, justice is soon to be served...

 

[AugustFall]

Yeah, starting lose faith in this guy. Personally I say if you buy it do what you want with it. However pirating, and hacking games during online play are not ok.
I had hoped this dude was above board but it's not looking so good now.

 

[loremazd]

Can't say I blame him for running. Better to set up shop in some non extradition country and tell Sony and this corrupt legal system to shove it up their collective asses. Why participate in a system that's so fucking corrupt that it comes down, not to who is in the right, but who has the most money.

The only way to not lose in a rigged game is not to play at all. That seems to be the route he's taking. I say good on him. Fuck the courts and more importantly fuck Sony. It was pretty clear they didn't intend on making this a fair trail from the start so now, if they choose they can continue with this sham all on their own.

Oh please. The only thing Sony did was try to see if he made a PSN account so they could prove he agreed to their terms of service. That's not corrupt, and judge doesn't get any more or less money if Sony wins or loses.

And no, not good on him, he took people's money and ran. He stole from everyone.

 

[miva2]

i didn't know this guy was this retarded
well, his 15 minutes of fame are over.

i really like the title of the article

 

[Exocet]

Yes you can recover data from an HD, but if you no how, you can completely destroy any data on one, beyond recovery. Just that the average computer user doesn't know.

Used to drink with a bloke who freelanced in forensic data recovery for law enforcement and private investigators and he said 95% of the hard drives he got handed were single reformats with busted up cases... which did absolutely nothing to destroy the data and could easily be restored in less than a day (and that's assuming a full HD platter swap into a working HD).

Magnets aren't too bad but they have a tendency to leave big chunks of artifact data.

We experimented with ways to destroy data beyond his ability to recover it and came up with a few good ones, including one that reinforced my belief that there isn't a problem that can't be solved with detcord.

To further advance that topic,how do you think dipping the HD in an electric-conducting liquid(salt water,for ease of access in a household environment) and running current through it hold up to profesional data recovery?

Or is the only solution the application of explosives,and if possible fire to go with it.

 

[InsomniJack]

This is hilarious. It's like a version of The Social Network that's been directed by Uwe Boll instead of David Fincher. Fantastic. Can't wait to see how this one ends.

 

[loremazd]

Yes you can recover data from an HD, but if you no how, you can completely destroy any data on one, beyond recovery. Just that the average computer user doesn't know.

Used to drink with a bloke who freelanced in forensic data recovery for law enforcement and private investigators and he said 95% of the hard drives he got handed were single reformats with busted up cases... which did absolutely nothing to destroy the data and could easily be restored in less than a day (and that's assuming a full HD platter swap into a working HD).

Magnets aren't too bad but they have a tendency to leave big chunks of artifact data.

We experimented with ways to destroy data beyond his ability to recover it and came up with a few good ones, including one that reinforced my belief that there isn't a problem that can't be solved with detcord.

To further advance that topic,how do you think dipping the HD in an electric-conducting liquid(salt water,for ease of access in a household environment) and running current through it hold up to profesional data recovery?

Or is the only solution the application of explosives,and if possible fire to go with it.

There's a rather simple solution, and that solution is: "Will it blend?"

Hard drive dust! Don't breath this!

 

[Xanthious]

Can't say I blame him for running. Better to set up shop in some non extradition country and tell Sony and this corrupt legal system to shove it up their collective asses. Why participate in a system that's so fucking corrupt that it comes down, not to who is in the right, but who has the most money.

The only way to not lose in a rigged game is not to play at all. That seems to be the route he's taking. I say good on him. Fuck the courts and more importantly fuck Sony. It was pretty clear they didn't intend on making this a fair trail from the start so now, if they choose they can continue with this sham all on their own.

Oh please. The only thing Sony did was try to see if he made a PSN account so they could prove he agreed to their terms of service. That's not corrupt, and judge doesn't get any more or less money if Sony wins or loses.

And no, not good on him, he took people's money and ran. He stole from everyone.

They, like myself, donated to his legal defense. I'd say moving someplace where Sony and the courts are left to sit and spin is a pretty damn good legal defense. As to their "terms of service", even if he did click on "agree" so what? By that logic if I buy a chair and the seller asks me to sign a paper saying I won't let any Black or Jewish people sit in it do they then have the right to sue me if I do? Fuck no, it's mine I bought it and whatever I legally want to do with it is my business, not theirs. Same thing in this case. Sony has fuck all for rights when it comes to MY PS3 after I buy it.

 

[Wolfram23]

Innocent people do not run.

True fact.

Tell that to all the women burned at the stake as witches.

 

[Exocet]

There's a rather simple solution, and that solution is: "Will it blend?"

Hard drive dust! Don't breath this!

True,but I don't know many people who have that mighty blender,which can cleave through the souls of the gods if its master commanded it to do so.

 

[Eri]

Can't say I blame him for running. Better to set up shop in some non extradition country and tell Sony and this corrupt legal system to shove it up their collective asses. Why participate in a system that's so fucking corrupt that it comes down, not to who is in the right, but who has the most money.

The only way to not lose in a rigged game is not to play at all. That seems to be the route he's taking. I say good on him. Fuck the courts and more importantly fuck Sony. It was pretty clear they didn't intend on making this a fair trail from the start so now, if they choose they can continue with this sham all on their own.

Oh please. The only thing Sony did was try to see if he made a PSN account so they could prove he agreed to their terms of service. That's not corrupt, and judge doesn't get any more or less money if Sony wins or loses.

And no, not good on him, he took people's money and ran. He stole from everyone.

They, like myself, donated to his legal defense. I'd say moving someplace where Sony and the courts are left to sit and spin is a pretty damn good legal defense. As to their "terms of service", even if he did click on "agree" so what? By that logic if I buy a chair and the seller asks me to sign a paper saying I won't let any Black or Jewish people sit in it do they then have the right to sue me if I do? Fuck no, it's mine I bought it and whatever I legally want to do with it is my business, not theirs. Same thing in this case. Sony has fuck all for rights when it comes to MY PS3 after I buy it.

Maybe you shouldn't have signed the contract then.

 

[Soxafloppin]

lol, Glad to see everyone has changed there views on him, good Escapists, good.

 

[Aris Khandr]

Innocent people do not run.

True fact.

Tell that to all the women burned at the stake as witches.

If they were burned, they obviously didn't run.