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Today I found an interesting blog entry regarding the Nintendo Wii and their model of doing business offering interactions on a completely different level then others have before.

This got me thinking and I had to comment regarding the implications regarding their business model when looking from a security point of view. Just to make sure that you read the piece I just continue the discussion here. 😉

Of course I cannot say that this or that is right, merely observe something that could be the case. But of course there are several other cases where security is used as part of doing business using social networks, word of mouth and other “modern” ways of communicate a message. Advertising is one obvious area that is surrounded with several laws and regulations an still there are obvious breaches, more or less sanctioned by the company, of the laws when a company wants to promote a message. You have most possibly seen then as fun advertising for different consumer products or show the company in a social context that it is not allowed to legally use. (I try to keep away from lawyers so no company is mentioned.)

The interesting stuff is that even if the advertising is always followed by several statements and official reprimands for some this or that manager it is very seldom that someone actually looses his/hers job. The reprimands is often a way to circumvent the laws and the fines connected to it.

So by deliberately breaking the law and blame a low level manager the companies get media attention and the message is out. This is of course not the best way to use security but this is one point when security plays a big part in the business. By breaking the laws or make it possible for others to break the law you instantly create a new way of advertising.

So expect several newspapers to get hacked during the following weeks displaying only a link to my blog. 😉