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It's interesting that they'd risk the Streisand effect in order to instill fear into people who research these jailbreaks. Granted geohotz research already has
by jjcm 16y ago
It's interesting that they'd risk the Streisand effect in order to instill fear into people who research these jailbreaks. Granted geohotz research already has significant media coverage, so additional air into the flame wont do all that much. Then again, in the case report it says that Sony wants geohotz research materials (his computers and his site) seized; which may imply that they think they can stop it from propagating. It's hard to say whether this is a weighed decision of Sony's or if it's simply their lawyers going after blood.
- ijuhyftgreduy 16y ago"Pour encourager les autres" - they don't care about Goehotz, this is aimed at lots of universities who are now drawing up guidelines about the legal consequence of doing any research into computer security. If you're Ross Anderson and Cambridge you can tell them to stuff it, if you are a new junior prof at Nowheresville U you might be persuaded to look at a new research area. 50 years ago the oil companies tried similar things to block Clair Patterson's research into lead in gasoline. If Caltech hadn't been so stubborn or there had been a law against analyzing gasoline we would still be breathing lead.