Can we just admit a crime has been committed and blame the criminal? I don't understand the fury directed at Sony for the PSN hack; it seems to me like blaming the door for you apartment being robbed. I'm angry at the hacker(s) who did it and at Anonymous. I will admit I know little about computers except for how to press buttons on them, and I be happy to be set straight, but Anonymous talked for weeks in their secret web places about how to break into the PSN, did break-in to make a point that was never articulated to me outside of "Corporations suck, and leave Geohot alone to hack into shit."
I admire groups like Wikileaks that are doing their best in this age of constant sit-n-spin where the public is dizzied by the amount of rationalization or misdirection spewed from every orifice. I admire that someone is showing us what those in power think and are doing in their own words without editing. Anonymous though, now, pisses me off. Of course you are going to have assholes in your nonorganization organization. Of course someone with different vision, self interest, or the enjoyment of destroying things or causing chaos will infiltrate (or just join) your cause. Being set up as a loose collective without any hierarchy, ruleset or oversight invites idiots to come on in. That sucks too because I am tired of idiot assholes ruining things for the rest of us.
So, I kinda think some of us are assholes too, kicking the dude who just got mugged, "I'm not your friend anymore, Sony, someone stole your shit. You're fired, Sony, you idiot, you don't even know who broke into your house!" I might feel differently if Anonymous's reasoning was explained somewhere and it didn't sound like a crazy conspiracy theory. I would feel better if Anonymous would take responsibility for its members and its own actions in originally hacking and showing others how and help Sony out. Many people are suffering because of this outage; it was an act of selfishness and mayhem, and I am disappointed in all sides for the constant not-me-ing.
dear mister sphinx, your analogy is flawed. people are kicking the guy who got mugged because he was carrying your wallet in the palm of his hand which happened to be open and face up like he was carrying a tray of cocktails intead of your wallet.
ReplyDeleteif in fact it was anonymous that took your wallet, at least we can believe that he'll just put it back and took it in the first place just to shame the guy who wasn't being careful with your wallet.
otherwise, you are awesome.
You may be right, as I know nothing of computers or their security, but Sony said they found Anonymous signature, people in the group suspect some group members of being a part of the hack, and it was discussed in their secret places among their secret society. Who is to say what the group would do with my wallet?
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm more inclined to believe Sony did its best to take care of me since I have been buying their products for years and had no complaints, nor did I ever feel used or swindled as I have with Microsoft, than to believe every element of an anonymous organization is altruistic and unselfish.
As always, I appreciate your input and hope to bask in your greatness soon.
i have since been told by an angry bird that anonymous was taking revenge on sony for coming after "geohotz" for hacking into their system
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