Diluted Dante wrote:I'm still trying to work out what Trusted Reviews did wrong.
RamSteelwood wrote:As someone who will often lament that they 'don't have time for games these days', this article spoke to me: https://kotaku.com/how-to-play-long-video-games-when-you-have-no-time-1830099478
Diluted Dante wrote:I dont get how its the problem of the people publishing it. The leaker, fine, but I cant see why Trusted Reviews should give a shit that Rockstar have shitty security.
It might well be against the law, but if so thats a dumb law.
Diluted Dante wrote:I dont get how its the problem of the people publishing it. The leaker, fine, but I cant see why Trusted Reviews should give a shit that Rockstar have shitty security.
It might well be against the law, but if so thats a dumb law.
Andy wrote:Let’s say you told someone something very personal, in confidence. And they decide to tell a journalist. Do you think it’s fair play for the journalist to say, “Well, I know about it, so it’s fine for the whole world to know”? There’s a difference between it being TR’s problem that R* have a leak, and TR turning that leak into a bigger problem by publishing something that is nobody’s right to know. ‘Rockstar have a leak, we’ve returned their document to them’ is an ethically sound story, if they absolutely must publish a story. There’s nothing dumb about basic protection of business interests.Diluted Dante wrote:I dont get how its the problem of the people publishing it. The leaker, fine, but I cant see why Trusted Reviews should give a shit that Rockstar have shitty security. It might well be against the law, but if so thats a dumb law.
Ta. That definitely makes me feel it's less egregious. Not sure where the law stands.Diluted Dante wrote:Someone else breached it, TR reported on it.
I don't understand this.JonB wrote:If it's (potentially) damaging, it should be in the public interest to reveal it.
acemuzzy wrote:I think there's a valid distinction between TR signing and breeching and NDA, and somebody else signing and breeching an NDA & TR then reporting on that.
acemuzzy wrote:Not sure where the law stands..
Andy wrote:Breached confidentiality. It’s not difficult.
Andy wrote:Maybe you two can go and tell the lawyers how they got it wrong.
Do you really have to do the constant passive-aggressive stuff? Just have a conversation FFS.Andy wrote:The lawyers do. Still, let’s not let that get in the way of hobbyists telling us what they reckon.
Wookienopants wrote:I’m sorry but I’m with Andy here, they broke the law, the leaked information that was potentially damaging to the business model and they knew that they did wrong.
They’re paying the fee to charity as a settlement.
I don’t see how it’s complicated
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