Kagari said:
I'm a little surprised some of you use the same password for multiple things. When I originally signed up for PSN they wanted something with both letters and numbers so I created something that I never use elsewhere.
This is the thing.
It's incredibly shitty what has happened, to all parties involved. It's shitty for customers living with extra uncertainty, and it's shitty for Sony as they've lost a fuckton of money and continue to do so with every day the PSN is closed.
However. (I tread carefully here.)
These hacks basically tell you nothing one way or the other about the level of Sony's security. Banks get hacked. All the time. But you don't hear about it.
Your CC company will protect you against any fraudulent charges that may appear.
But back to Kagari;s point - if you want to yell at Sony for bad security, then you had better have a 1-time password for every thing you use, 'cause it's bad security
personally to employ non-unique passwords for any transactional account you may use.
Luckily I had done this as well. I am somewhat concerned, I'll keep an eye on things, but this is a facet of digital life that we're all growing into. I don't think it's the "largest data theft EVAR" as some have proclaimed, I think it's a pretty bad hack, but sadly not uncommon, and we all have to take our own steps to protect ourselves. I used unique passwords and I think I'll be adding prepaid cards to the mix. It's sad because it literally nullifies a bit of the convenience of DD purchases, but them's the breaks at this point, i guess.
There's really no amount of yelling you can do to Sony that their own motivations (stock prices/shareholders etc) won't visit upon them tenfold. Or, if you like, "Sony Corporation respects your right to have questions or concerns about this policy."
