"Here's hoping future security researchers will refuse to be intimidated"
Is this a dig at Hotz for not fighting a legal battle?
Is this a dig at Hotz for not fighting a legal battle?
If they get slapped with onerous litigation, settling is a minor setback for the researcher compared to the Sony's major loss in having an exploit released into the wild.
So, JM2C, but I don't see it as a dig, but rather a call to arms, asking the community to pick up the weapons of the fallen.
How would the typical Hotz donor feel if he fought the case all the way, only to win on a technicality that didn't establish any meaningful precedent that could protect future hackers?
EDIT: Hotz also took donations for a duration of two days before he stopped, deciding that he had enough to cover short-term legal expenses, and he didn't want to have too much money lying around in case Sony won.
He settled.
Whether or not the money goes to the EFF is irrelevant.
"What if SCEA tries to settle? Lets just say, I want the settlement terms to include OtherOS on all PS3s and an apology on the PlayStation blog for ever removing it. It'd be good PR for Sony too, lord knows they could use it. I'm also willing to accept a trade, a legit path to homebrew for knowledge of how to stop new firmwares from being decrypted."