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"I kind of miss the days when games were judged on their game-playing merit alone. I'm a little concerned about how far we (the game industry) are into the licensed four-page-ad marketing blitz era these days, which may be a natural evolution of the industry. But I'm always worried when we put more emphasis on glitz and production values than on the game. That's a trend that looks good for a while until you realize there's no game industry any more. If we don't have gameplay, we can't really compete with other forms of entertainment because we can't do graphics as good as the movie industry and we can't make sounds as well as the recording industry. All we can do that's special to us is be interactive. So we have to hang on to that and make sure we do a good job." - Sid Meier

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Did LulzSec Leak Your Data?
AndrewG009 \| 10:42 AM on 06.21.2011	9 comments

While we could all argue between the righteousness and asshatery of what LulzSec, an off-shooting branch of Anonymous, has been up to lately, I think if there is one lesson to take away from recent events is that we should all be very, very careful about how we secure our stuff online.

Now, I'm not saying go all Boris, a la Golden Eye, but what I am saying is that personal security is more often than not the first, last and only line of defense you have against having your information visible for the entirety of the Internet to see - in plaintext. For those of you who may have had your information leaked by LulzSec, obviously change all your password immediately. For those of you who haven't, same thing and avoid the whole "Password" or "12345" business. It's just not good cricket.

In the meantime, if you want to check - go here, do a ctrl+F and pop in your details. The good/bad news will become apparent pretty quickly.

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Elsa

Yeah, I checked the list yesterday... not there. Still, the only one's I worry about are those with any financial information attached. If they have my username/password for other stuff the worst they can do is log in and pretend they're me.
Meh.. that wouldn't last for long... most of them would have no idea how to describe menstrual cramps! :)

Elsa

crap! Sorry for the double post!
(hey, it wasn't me... someone must have stolen my Dtoid log in info! I wonder if we'll start seeing a lot of "it wasn't me" stuff?)

AndrewG009

It happens, but I'd be interested in seeing what exactly we can expect in the future if LulzSec and Anonymous continue down the path they are.

Elsa

... the most recent news was that they went to war and were outing each other... but now they're rejoining forces to take on government (a la wikileaks type stuff). Frankly, they have no idea what they're doing... but it's on a path that's going to lead to nowhere for a lot of them.

Victoria Medina

My only fear in this is that the rest of us who love the internet and [mostly] abide by the law will be punished because of them. Governments usually react badly to threats to their secrets or power.

Nic128

I'd say we're already punished.

AndrewG009

@Nic128 - I'm inclined to agree. The Patriot Act has, at least in the United States, set most civil liberties back a few decades. Warrantless wiretapping, surveillance cameras, and unrestricted access to just about all our internet traffic. I say Orwell was on to something.

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