The technical failings Sony has faced demonstrate, I think, conceptual flaws: if they understood the PSN's importance they should have exercised more care in de

The technical failings Sony has faced demonstrate, I think, conceptual flaws: if they understood the PSN's importance they should have exercised more care in designing it. I know that what I'm saying sounds like a cliche of 20-20 hindsight, but these are some pretty obvious security problems they've been dealing with. Giving trusted access based solely on firmware is one thing, but they've been sending plain-text credit card numbers with every transaction.