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She probably read the email and thought: "Hacker? He's a hacker? We can't hire hackers! Good thing he told me straight away, he just saved us all a lot of time!
by rlpb 16y ago
She probably read the email and thought: "Hacker? He's a hacker? We can't hire hackers! Good thing he told me straight away, he just saved us all a lot of time!"
We know what he means, but other people take the word hacker to mean something else.
If Sony came to this site and saw this article, they'd probably think the same thing too. If the email was sent to try and get them to change their ways, it probably won't have worked at all, since they might not even understand the meaning of the message.
- chaosprophet 16y agoNo, but it makes a pretty good story for the media, which will probably result in lots of more negative PR for Sony, which in turn will be something that Sony would worry about.
- gphil 16y agoUnfortunately, the rest of the world has the same issues understanding the term "hacker." I think this will just fall into obscurity.
- vanessa 16y agoSony: "Oh, no! Not a hacker! They're the ones that know when we sneak DRM into our products and rat us out to our customers!" The hacker solidarity here is awesome, but I agree let's not overestimate Sony's recruitment team.