Sony's PSN down "for a day or two"

[Amaron]

You do realize that debit cards, as fucked up as this might be, are the only way some people can actually use a goddamn credit card and the convenience that provides, right?

You're right I was being short sighted and forgetting that some people don't have credit cards.   Obviously you have to use what you can use.   If you have a credit card though then it is much better to use that than a check or debit card.

[Yegolev]

I'm finding that some places are not making it easy to change my account password.  Also, what's up with not allowing non-alphanumerics?  What century is this?

[fuser]

For anyone rotating passwords I'd suggest taking a small amount of time to look at something like KeePass. You can generate any kind of passwords per site/account and set them up inside of the app. The database file is encrypted and then throw it on dropbox or such, and if your really put it on a truecrypt volume.

[Yegolev]

I'm already on that wagon.   The kink for me is using a secure but memorable master key.  I need to do this for my primary email, my Dropbox, and my Keepass DB.

I came very close to setting up the mobile-phone authentication option for my Google account.  Anyone use this?

Anyway, I cannot for the life of me figure out where the password change link is in GEICO's retarded web site.

[Morfiend]

Question.

My girlfriend recently bought a TV through Sony. Do you think that would be compromised also?

She gave the person her credit card over the phone. Nothing to do with PSN. But I want to be safe.

Thoughts?

[Mrbloodworth]

Unless its some sort of smart TV, I don't think so.

[Sparky]

Lucky for Sony the Supreme Court just neutered class action lawsuits http://www.latimes.com/business/sc-dc-0428-court-class-action-web-20110427,0,1239412.story 

[NiX]

Just received the email:


Looks like they're not certain if CC info was actually compromised.

[Chimpy]

Also, what's up with not allowing non-alphanumerics?  What century is this?

I have become increasingly frustrated with this recently. Especially sites that require a number, a lowercase, and an uppercase but won't allow me to use non-alpha characters at all. Hell, AT&T's DSL site made me do that AND The password had to be 6-8 characters or some ridiculously tight range like that.

[Merusk]

Retarded people run security for some large corps. News at 11.

I just hate having to remember new passwords.  Grr

[Tale]

Purported IRC log of PSN hackers: http://www.reddit.com/tb/gypol

[Ingmar]

Man, if that is legit... 

[Fabricated]

Sigh. I think I'll just call my bank tomorrow and get my card redone.

[Raguel]

[user11] you know, watching this conversation makes me think about whether it was a good idea after all to buy a couple of games from psn using a visa card

[01101010]

Amazed you could only pick one line to quote out of all the precious lines in that link... kudos

[stu]

I ordered a new card a few hours ago.

I purchased a PS3 because of Demon's Souls, blu-ray, and no-pay online allowance. And because I'd read that the 360 Red Ring rate was something like 40% after a year of use (seems kinda high to me).

Man, I'm totally jonesing right now. Might get a 360 as a back-up in order to avoid withdrawals in the future. I hear Arcade is robust.

Someone clipped this from the PS blog:

[Paelos]

[Morfiend]

Well played Paelos. 

[KallDrexx]

For anyone rotating passwords I'd suggest taking a small amount of time to look at something like KeePass. You can generate any kind of passwords per site/account and set them up inside of the app. The database file is encrypted and then throw it on dropbox or such, and if your really put it on a truecrypt volume.

Lastpass is also a good option, and you don't have to deal with Dropbox to keep things synced between work, home and phones (I didn't find Dropbox to have satisfactory security to hook it up on my work machine, I like being able to close my browser and know I'm completely logged out of LastPass on this PC).

[Jeff Kelly]

Just called my CC company to invalidate my card, they didn't even ask me why they just simply wanted to know if it was due to Sony or anything else.

This just leaves the password which was a throwaway anyway. I usually use 1password for rotating passwords anyway. This just reinforces my need to change all my passwords to something like that. Which is a hassle but something I wanted to do anyway.

Reading the suppesed chat log leaves me with a giant WTF Sony, if true that's not just incompetent but negligent and violates the certification rules of Visa and Mastercard. There's a reason why not that many companies actually process CC transactions directly but use processors.

[sickrubik]

The day they made their admission I got rid of my current card that I use.

And then, my copy of Portal 2 for PS3 showed up.

Now... I decide. Do I return it and just buy it on steam, which is where I was mostly planning to play it.

[Fordel]

The day they made their admission I got rid of my current card that I use.

And then, my copy of Portal 2 for PS3 showed up.

Now... I decide. Do I return it and just buy it on steam, which is where I was mostly planning to play it.

I totally told you, you would RUE THE DAY!

[sickrubik]

Sorry, I don't speak puckeater.

As an olive branch, i submit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwn4R_GexLM (some NSFW language)

[Yegolev]

I decided to load up Portal 2 on my PC and looks like I need to use the code from inside the PS3 box.  Does Valve not trust PSN or something?

[KallDrexx]

[Yegolev]

Eh.  More like Yawny Arcade.

[fuser]

Lastpass is also a good option, and you don't have to deal with Dropbox to keep things synced between work, home and phones (I didn't find Dropbox to have satisfactory security to hook it up on my work machine, I like being able to close my browser and know I'm completely logged out of LastPass on this PC).

Is there any option to not use their servers? I'd rather handle my own database file but it seems the premium still requires you to store it online (and costs $12/year). Major gripe I have with KeyPass is the lack of a decent OS X client.

[kildorn]

Also, what's up with not allowing non-alphanumerics?  What century is this?

I have become increasingly frustrated with this recently. Especially sites that require a number, a lowercase, and an uppercase but won't allow me to use non-alpha characters at all. Hell, AT&T's DSL site made me do that AND The password had to be 6-8 characters or some ridiculously tight range like that.

I like the ones that allow non alphanumerics.. except ! { } |

Gee, guess who doesn't escape their strings properly!

[Morfiend]

Lastpass is also a good option, and you don't have to deal with Dropbox to keep things synced between work, home and phones (I didn't find Dropbox to have satisfactory security to hook it up on my work machine, I like being able to close my browser and know I'm completely logged out of LastPass on this PC).

Is there any option to not use their servers? I'd rather handle my own database file but it seems the premium still requires you to store it online (and costs $12/year). Major gripe I have with KeyPass is the lack of a decent OS X client.

After using lastpass for about 6 months now, I honestly don't know what I would do with out it.

[Raguel]

Just received the email:


Looks like they're not certain if CC info was actually compromised.

Has anyone else gotten an email from Sony? I haven't, but then I haven't bought anything in over a year.

[Minvaren]

Got one late this afternoon.  Guess it takes awhile to send out so many...   

[Lantyssa]

Got one this afternoon, too.

[CmdrSlack]

It's amazing how quickly the class actions have been filed.

[Morfiend]

Just received the email:


Looks like they're not certain if CC info was actually compromised.

Has anyone else gotten an email from Sony? I haven't, but then I haven't bought anything in over a year.

I got that yesterday morning.

[Tale]

Nothing here (Australian PS3 user).