The troll was able to spoof the Nintendo.co.jp domain because Nintendo didn’t setup their DMARC settings correctly. They have it setup but with policy “none” instead of “reject”. What a bunch of dumb asses. Such a big company doesn’t even protect their domains against spoofing. Probably why they got hacked, they don’t invest enough in IT security. Though this is typical for Japanese corporations.
A fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and it’s not clear YouTube can stop him
Submitted 2 months ago by mox@lemmy.sdf.org to games@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/27/24326278/nintendo-fake-takedowns-youtube-domtendo-dmca
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SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Probably why they got hacked,
Which time lmao, weren’t there like 4 gigaleaks?
eronth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Bruh nintendo seems starkly opposed to getting even ok at modern networking.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Well, they still use internet Explorer, http sans s and fax machines.
When asked why, their response, roughly translated, was "we just want to play eroge ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 months ago
This back and forth from the comments on the article is interesting:
What the article ommits: The youtuber in question has a long history of threatening smaller channels with various actions against them, from brigading to lawyers to copyright strikes, if they do something he doesn’t like and don’t bow to his will. So I’m not surprised to see someone was fed up with him eventually.
Two wrongs don’t make a right as my nan used to say. This YouTuber being a bit of a grunt does not negate the fact YouTube itself is happy taking a hands off approach to a fundamental part of their business model because the ones it affects are not the ones that give them most of the money.
Of course it’s a problem, I just feel 0 sympathy in this case and I find it ironic that it’s him especially that got hit with the same treatment he threatens others with.
MITM0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why do people even play Nintendo games inspite of Nintendo’s abusive behaviour is beyond me
Just play Indie Titles
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
Thier games are pretty good.
MITM0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No it isn’t, it’s the same thing all over again Just get AA studios to make an equivalent
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
YouTube certainly can, they just don’t care enough.