UPDATE: PS3 Hacker GeoHot Claims He's on Vacation

[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.

 

[2xDouble]

Remember kids, it doesn't matter if you're an award-winning hacker/software breaker, and have the support of thousands of people on the internet. You still lose if you're a douche. I think that's an important lesson.

Then again, software crackers are a notoriously vengeful bunch. I suspect this issue isn't over yet...

 

[hecticpicnic]

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

We can always hope.

 

[Blazingdragoon04]

Man, it's so hard to be right all the time when it comes to people like this.

This "man", and the hackers like him, aren't Robin Hood and they never were. They are looking out for their own personal enjoyment, and I am so glad that I never gave this douche any of my money.

I do feel bad for all the people who gave him money only to have him use it to flee the country, but honestly if you didn't see it coming then it's your own fault.

I'm glad he's running though, it's gonna be hilarious when they finally catch him and put him up on trial, since he is now evading the courts and doing so in a hilarious manner. Does he honestly think he's safe down there or something, because there is such a thing as extradition. It's amazing how dumb some "smart" people can really be...

 

[danhere]

If he looks like a douchebag and acts like a douchebag, he's a douchebag.

I'm sure the people who donated for his plane ticket to South America are really happy right about now.

 

[locoartero]

Good. Nail his ass... he's just a little black hat cracker. Hope his supporters will now see what an ffing douche he really is.

Hacking his own PS3 = fine (srew the DMCA)
Posting the root security keys publicly just to screw with Sony = crime.

Screwing with Sony = Making the world a better place
Sony And M$oft ceasing to exist = A world actually worth living in (Except for EA and Activision)

 

[LeonLethality]

I guess most people who were zealously supporting Hotz feel really stupid now.

 

[Catalyst6]

Not to worry. Sony's hitmen are going to follow.

CNN, three months from now:

"Although no one has heard from Mr. Hotz in several months, Sony has withdrawn their suit, saying that it is no longer needed to chase after him due to a hole being patched. (aside) Hey, are you sure this is supposed to be patched *A* hole? The flaw would be *THE* ho- no, okay, that's right then. In other news, kittens"!

OT: What exactly is this suburban-dwelling geek going to do in South America? I mean, really, he doesn't seem like the kind of guy that is able to pull off a getaway.

 

[SaintWaldo]

So, where's the smug rap about this development, GeoHot?

 

[James Raynor]

I guess most people who were zealously supporting Hotz feel really stupid now.

Sony had no legal standing and would have lost, but geohot let his idiocy get the better of him and decided to tamper with evidence and flee the country.

 

[Kajt]

Run, coward! THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU!

*cough*

Sorry about th- Oh, fuck it. RUN, COWARD!

 

[Danpascooch]

What the fuck man!? If you want to throw away your life that's fine, but you owe it to your supporters, and DEFINITELY to your contributors, to not do something so fucking stupid and selfish, that will probably be used to legitimize consumer rights violations for years!

 

[James Raynor]

What the fuck man!? If you want to throw away your life that's fine, but you owe it to your supporters, and DEFINITELY to your contributors, to not do something so fucking stupid and selfish, that will probably be used to legitimize consumer rights violations for years!

Short-sighted self interest in action.