http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/geohot-site-unmasking/
In other words, Sony's coming after you. Hide.
In other words, Sony's coming after you. Hide.
Judge allows Sony to get IP of anyone who has visited Geohot site.
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And what would they do exactly? I visited his site out of curiosity when this whole scandal broke, but I didn't download anything. And Sony can't prove I did.
I'm not surprised and nobody really should be. Our justice system is owned by whoever can make the deal sweetest for the judge.
I just wanted to say that your new avatar is awesome. And modding a PS3 would be worthless to me. The only thing I hate are region locks. And all PS3 games are region free. I just thought I'd clear that up. My original post sounded a little guilty.Irridium said:
This is total nonsense, this is as bad as the government wanting access to what books you check out in the library. If the EFF is correct the rulings giving Sony permission to access this data violates the First Amendment anyway. I would hope that the providers fight the ruling and do not comply.
Let's not delude ourselves into thinking the IP is some sort of secret information you absolutely must keep to yourself, instead of some piece of internet information that is necessary to get data back to you otherwise the internet simply cannot work.
Dynamic IPs mean go home get some sleep and stop panicking.
Dynamic IPs mean go home get some sleep and stop panicking.
I'm not going to defend Sony, but precisely how does this skirt the First Amendment?TestECull said:
Breaking of privacy I assume.Lazier Than Thou said:
This isn't the case at least. They have the rights to disclose this information.
Yet, I can't help but say this. "Go, go, go, GO! Sony Entertainment!". They've had it coming.
First off they are asking for all the logs. It isn't just the IP addresses. Secondly they are even asking for the text of comments in at least the subpoena of Youtube. Thirdly we don't actually know what these companies log and how they do it, they could very well contain identifying information within the logs that contain the IP addresses. Lastly see this letter by an attorney for the EFF:https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fimages_blogs%2Fthreatlevel%2F2011%2F03%2Feffletter.pdfDracoSuave said:
According to this attorney the sixth request in the Youtube subpoena is expressly prohibited, and there is already precedent that says you can't get the IP/account info of people because they post comments you don't like for example. (See the letter for a more detailed explanation.)
Plasmafrog they don't have any right to this information if you think about it logically. It is like arguing that the government has a right to see what books you check out from the public library and then show up at your house because you have books on Arabic or physics. The former indicating that you have terrorist leanings and the latter indicating that you are learning to build bombs.
I'm going to post the text of the first amendment. You're going to tell me exactly where it says anything about privacy.PlasmaFrog said:
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Oh, sorry, I was trying to be sarcastic. That thing is more along the lines of the IV amendment.Lazier Than Thou said:
You win the internet, for being the first person in so very long to actually bother looking up anything in the constitution before arguing over itLazier Than Thou said:
Anyway, I'm with Sony on this one. It must be a real prick to have so many people screwing with the service you worked so hard on, and now they're in a position to work against those people. It's unlikely that this data will ever be used - and it would be difficult to enforce whatever they might want do to, anyway - but in principle, I'm glad they have it.
