Anonymous Says It's Not Finished With Sony

[Shjade]

That video was cool and all, but it's nothing like the Church of Scientology one. That one made me feel like they have power. This one makes me think they're being over top.

Prepare for the biggest attack you have ever witnessed, Anonymous style.

See, that doesn't strike as much power as the whole "Expect us" that they used in the Scientology video, and the music felt too much like they were trying hard to big this up in a very dramatic manner. Come now, find a new Director Anonymous.

Oh wait, the cause? Yeah, that's protest worthy. I still want to know what the settlement was between Sony and Geohot. I'm hazarding a guess that Sony had gathered some damning evidence or a defence and used the settlement as a way of making it quick, easy and cheap for both parties, and Hot signed knowing he would lose if he didn't agree. Only way I can see that happening.

Calumon: That TV man looks silly!

That's one downside of Anonymous activities: there's no consistency. Given their limited organizational patterns, fluctuating membership, etc., the relatability of any given presentation is completely unrelated to the next. It's largely dependent upon whoever decided to run with the idea this time, much the way something I planned and executed would be much different from something you planned and put into action. It means greater variety - which is a good thing - but it also means inconsistency across the board.

 

[DTWolfwood]

3400+ peeps said yes doesn't mean shit coming from the internet XD

lets see how many sony stores will get "intimidated" by this

Guess its too much for anonymous to target the Judicial system for this giant oversight instead of Sony.

 

[Fox242]

GoeHot standing for freedom? My ass he does or did. He's just a crybaby hacker jagoff.

Also, Guy Fawkes never actually stood for freedom either.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

"In the eyes of the law, this case is over. We disagree." - Anon

Translation: We are above the law, it does not apply to us

"We find it unacceptable that Sony is even permitted to request this information in the first place. These acts are completely disrespectful and unforgivable." - Anon

Translation: We don't like that you can request something legally, so we're going after SONY for the simple reason that they used a viable legal path in their legal battle

Seriously Anon? Seriously? SONY uses a method at their disposal so you punish them because they have the right to do so? Seems you're more against the judges and courts and yet attacking SONY for it. You're not hitting them because they took that option, you're hitting them because they can...

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

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?

This is also something I've wondered about for awhile.

They aren't THAT disjointed. There are cells here and there, groups of people who get together. Some of them are online, and some just fuck around offline. Make no mistake, a lot of people in Anonymous see each other face to face when facing people withing there cell. People make it seem like they're bunch of people in each individual basement. They might get together, they might not, but I'm sure they've got some kind of bulletin they use to chat

 

[The Funslinger]

I just feel like it's inevitable that the wrong person's going to see this. Wouldn't this be the perfect opportunity for the various people trying to stop anonymous to get them? I mean they'll all have their faces covered (probably with Guy Fawkes masks) so they'll stand out like a sore, bitching thumb that wants free stuff. (see what I did there?) I don't know...

 

[GonzoGamer]

I wonder if they realise most people have turned on them by now, they look like a bunch of whiny pricks.

I don't mind what Sony did because they were only trying to protect their business, if you ran a local shop and a thief showed a group of people a way to enter your store and take things without your consent you'd definitely get a copy of the CCTV footage in order to capture and hopefully prevent people from stealing off of you, this is no different and the only reason they're going batshit over it is because it's a bigger business and it involves more people.

I doubt Sony will attempt to screw over innocent people if they pursue the people that accessed the website, that would make them look bad and bad publicity = loss of cashflow.

Nice metaphor but as a ps3 owner, I think sony should just make the experience of walking through the front door better. If they did that, there would be even less people who would want to hack their products.

In other words, if Sony gave the ps3 decent support to begin with, there would be less people looking for hacker support. Believe it or not but not all the people who want to hack their consoles, do it to play free games.

I?m sure I wont go through the trouble but I wouldn?t mind hacking just to improve the functionality of the damn thing. I probably wouldn?t even pirate anything: I can afford to buy the games I want every year.

Lately even Valve is putting more thought into ps3 support than Sony...Valve people!

 

[Interrobangin]

Never was a big fan of Sony, but this whole ordeal has encouraged me to start using their products. Bought a PS3 last week, and will be looking into more over the rest of April. Maybe I'll even buy some Sony products to donate to the children's hospital... we'll see how it goes.

 

[mjc0961]

Sony shouldn't have been able to request the info and they shouldn't have been given permission to get it. So I hope they take their protest to the judge's house too, because he should have said "No Sony, you can't have that info, now GTFO of my courtroom."

I don't mind what Sony did because they were only trying to protect their business, if you ran a local shop and a thief showed a group of people a way to enter your store and take things without your consent

And here's the problem with your comparison: GeoHot wasn't a thief, and he wasn't showing people a way to take things without Sony's consent. For the millionth time, he wasn't a pirate, he doesn't support piracy, and he never wrote anything to allow piracy. Sony let all the real pirates get away without punishment.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

I shall have Igmar, my mute butler, bring me some pot roast so I can watch Anon make even more complete tools of themselves!

[sub]He's mute, you know![/sub]

GoeHot standing for freedom? My ass he does or did. He's just a crybaby hacker jagoff.

Also, Guy Fawkes never actually stood for freedom either.

Weren't they trying to give the Catholic church more control over England?

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

If you really want to prove yourselves take on China, Egypt?, Libya? you know the places that have had trouble with freedom of speech? Why not bring internet to China? My guess? theyre either hiding behind a guise of "free speech"to propel selfish motivations or they really are not as powerful as they claim to be... probably both

Simply put, they hide behind the guise of their "masks". I would respect them a hell of a lot more were they to not wear the damned things. They won't take China on, because that runs them a great risk.

OT: Ah, great. These twits again. I just some group would take them on.

PS: Why wasn't it part of the agreement that Geo would take down that stupid rap video of his?

PPS: Where do you even buy those masks, and is there a dress code for them?

 

[Rassmusseum]

This just doesn't inspire me the same way as the previous anti-Sony video did. Mostly because they used the same voice as the Arbiter in Arby and the Chief.

Surprised I couldn't Ctrl-F this on page 1 of the comments

 

[William Dickbringer]

I think anon jumped the shark a long time ago

 

[FalloutJack]

*Has to laugh*

This is like watching ant colonies struggle against each other. This battle affects only two kinds of people, really. Hackers and Sony employees. To everyone else, this has no real meaning. I mean, if you want to attack someone for infringing on the rights of others, then you should be actually doing something REAL with that mask and go after corrupt government officials. Attacking a gaming corporation is as pointless as every little thing that has buried Jack Thompson further and further in embarassment.

 

[Emz]

Going to the stores and causing potential issues just effects the staff at the store rather than the people who actually control what Sony do as a company. This is all just getting a bit childish now in my opinion - and boring.