Joel Johnson's discussions

On it. Thanks! Read more

We could have handled things more promptly, for sure. Every second counts. Read more

Ha. That's hilarious. And yes, please pass this along to your friends. That's exactly why we wrote it! Read more

This isn't a Gizmodo article. Read more

That was the Campfire compromise. (Which I'll grant should have been a bigger warning flag but was missed by senior staff and tech.) But once there was any idea that user data had been compromised, there was very little dilly dallying in trying to make the public aware. Read more

Why are you drinking coffee on top of your computer? Is it an iPad? Our new iPad version is going to be so much better. Read more

Feels good, man. Read more

What you're saying is that you'd rather let a company who has failed to protect your personal data make the judgement about whether or not you should change your passwords or credit card numbers? Or how quickly you should do so? I disagree. Read more

That is actually a very rational response. If you don't like our content, don't read our content. That's acting a responsible consumer of media! Read more

Huh. Not me. I'd much rather know and be able to make the choice myself. Read more

You can't change your passwords? Read more

I don't think readers are peasants. Ideally, you're all smart, informed, and privy to a level of media-consumption competency that allows you to synthesize your own opinions from a variety of sources, including Kotaku, so that you won't be caught in the trap of expecting there's only one canonical way to share… Read more

They knew "data" had been stolen. If there's even a slim chance that your name, birthdate, and home address was compromised, don't you feel it's worth any sort of warning at all? (Let's not even get into credit cards.) Read more

Come now. Do you really think that they had no inkling that customer data was compromised? That's the very first thing hackers tend to go after. Moreover, even if it wasn't guaranteed, don't customers who trust Sony with their name, birth dates, and home addresses have a right to know as soon as there's even the… Read more

I do applaud the speed at which they took down the network. That was responsible and smart. But the greater the interval between a data compromise and a proper warning, the greater opportunity for collateral damage to customers' personal lives. Read more

At your service! Read more

One man's "trashy journalism" is another man's "getting right to the point". Read more

Yet they didn't acknowledge data loss or warn customers until the 26th. Read more

Yeah, that's actually something that's very much worth nothing on the timeline—that Sony mentioned the intrusion on the 22nd but didn't bother warning customers. Read more

Customers were not informed that data had been removed from the PSN servers on the 22nd, despite Sony's letter noting that they were aware of data loss on the 20th. Read the 22nd announcement. It says nothing about data loss and does nothing to warn customers their information might be compromised. Read more