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by marshray 5467 days ago
Lol!

AIUI, Geohot is basically forbidden from working with anything Sony.

So to the extent he becomes an essential part of the security team at Facebook, I guess Sony just lawsuited their way out of deep partnership opportunities with the biggest social media platform to date.

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Facebook would pass over business deals to serve a grudge of one of their low level employees?
No, I qualified it with "to the extent he becomes an essential part of the security team", and no, it's not a "grudge" it's a condition of out-of-court settlement as I understand it.

Yes, the comment was a little over-the-top.

But think NDAs. That kind of thing can definitely complicate business deals.