Angry Rant #32: Unfortunately, when they said "hacked", it wasn't with a Machete.

"The Playstation network is still down and someone has bought the Nazca lines monkey on Amazon with my credit card" - that's what I've been hearing from people of late in regards to the royal fuck-up from Sony and of course the bastard hackers themselves *cough* Anonymous has taken this way overboard in their statement-making hack.... *cough*.

However, this is not just Sony's fault for not putting up the proper anti-hacking walls, but people who stupidly gave away their information - I for one, was not one of those people - I like 20 million other people reside in the sharehouse that is 123 Fake st, Fakeville, Somewhere.

Because really...is there anywhere else cooler?

Too often, I see people throwing their details around on the interwebs like some form of cheap currency, but really all they're doing is opening the doors to a world of spam, spammers, marketing for Spam, hackers, identity theft and mysterious people who hack things to prove that it can be hacked. People just seem to be way too trustworthy when it comes to actually giving things like their address away. But seriously...why give Sony that information? If everything is going the way of 'digital distribution', why do they need to have your home address? - If those details are now in the hands of a hacker, then it's your own stupid fault. Secondly, saving your credit card details? Really? Here's a tip - remember the number and type it in every time - and not save it in the system.


When it comes to the emails, its even simpler - make an email account up for it. Yes, even "sexybeast69@hotmail.com" will do.

It's seriously this easy.

All these people bitching and complaining because a free service screwed them over and stole all their real information can only really blame themselves for putting it out there. It's like blaming the gun shop dealer after you shot yourself in the foot.

"What'll it be? Right or Left?"

Of course I'm not defending Sony either. They really just need to get their fucking act together and make sure that this shit doesn't happen again. You invest time and money into this company so you expect the proper service.

And to the hackers - get back on World Of Warcraft and jump back into your fantasy world and stop fucking around with real one. I hear that you enjoy frozen pizza rolls because they help with preventing RSI of the wrists.

Damn porn-addicted son of a bitch.

You can't forget social media websites as well - these are like goldmines for telemarketers and the business industry in general. Remember that "Osama was killed is Abbotabad - talk about abbotabad place to hide!" page that you foolishly clicked on Facebook 5mins ago? It's guaranteed that was created by some company trying to get YOUR personal contact details and find out everything about you. So when you get a phone call from some telemarketing company in India, it's not because they've scanned through the White Pages - you've given them your data. Even LinkedIn can be used as a tool for this - people will put their job title, where they've worked and what they've studied all over the internet - but when something as bad a identity theft occurs, they think "how can that happen to me?". Well it's pretty fucking simple - it's your own fault. 

After all this commotion dies down, you should all come and stay at 123 Fake Street. Bring your sleeping bag and a toothbrush and I'm sure I can find some room for you between the Ace Ventura Pinball machine and the giant cardboard cut-out of Chewbacca.

Don't believe the lies and spin.

JM