Guy just seems like kind of a dick after reading the article.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2024
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"Do I not seem approachable?"
He says, after bragging about threatening a kid with federal crime for datamining a released game.
Most of these I'm perfectly fine with, leakers get banned, but what was that pokemon kid? The kid pulled a texture out of a public release and this guy goes threatening the parents for "federal crimes." What the shit?
This guy is the kind of scumbag that gives lawyers bad names and.. that is a REALLY REALLY high bar. His "do I not seem approachable" stance on investigating sexual harassment says it all. His focus is solely on damage control, nothing else.
That said: The way he tells it (and considering this was high profile, he read his notes before or even during the interview): He very specifically did not threaten the parents. They asked if it was hacking. He never said it was hacking but he DID say that hacking is a federal crime.
And this is why, much like cops, never talk to a lawyer without a lawyer present.
never said it was hacking but he DID say that hacking is a federal crime.
He didn't threaten them directly. The parent asked and he could have just said no. But instead he starts talking about "federal crimes." If that's irrelevant, why even bring that up? That sounds like intentional misleading to me.
"do I not seem approachable" stance on investigating sexual harassment
The guy sounds real pleasant, but that was about leaking and not harassment.
What's the definition of "hacking"? Because datamining could be as simple as using a hex editor or extracting compressed assets. Do those qualify as "hacking"? (Not even necessarily asking you, more just trying to make a point that this is an extremely broad term).
Wow, this guy has serious punchable face energy. It's not even that interesting, the leakers he catches (or at least the only ones he talks about) are really dumb (one is a child who data mined!).