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hypernova:
To say I'm mildly concerned with what information Sony is being allowed to gather is an understatement.

Sony unmasking all who visited Geohot's sites.

I can't remember if I checked out his site or not just to see if the story was true back then, but my possible visitation is irrelevant, as I don't even own a PS3.  Played one once.

What worries me is the blitzkrieg being brought forth by Sony, the fact that the judge is allowing all of it, and very few people, if anyone, seems concerned about it.

SavannahLion:
It most certainly a heavy handed tactic by Sony and I don't see anything to prevent Sony from using this data from outright banning PS3 machines on those IP addresses, regardless of whether the hack was applied or not.

Forcing the venue to S.F. is probably no surprise either. What state was the judge that ruled against Microsoft the government and their moronic idea to use a Microsoft employee who openly admitted to hacking Xboxes in college? Sony is likely trying to seek a copyright friendly judge in S.F.

SavannahLion:
The more I think about it, the more I realize that Sony is definitely in "panic mode." Here they are with their precious PS3 hacked wide open for the world to see and Sony is pissed. So what do they do? They squeeze even harder to try and hide this.

Here's a message to Sony.

It's not going to work. Take a peek at DeCSS to see what happened. DVD CCA convinced Norway to have Jon Lech Johansen arrested and tried (and eventually acquitted). Then they drove any sites hosting DeCSS under water. Good job CCA, you pissed off so many people people started printing the damn code on T-Shirts. It became so readily available that all one had to do was ask, anywhere, on the street even, for the code and it was readily available in any number of forms.

How long is the source code? Maybe it can fit on a terry cloth towel.

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: hypernova on March 06, 2011, 11:44:43 am ---What worries me is the blitzkrieg being brought forth by Sony, the fact that the judge is allowing all of it, and very few people, if anyone, seems concerned about it.

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Google (at your own risk) for Sony vs Geohot and you'll see quite a few boards loaded with discussions. The court documents are even readily available for download at more than one location. I suggest those who are interested download the documents in question.

My biggest concern is the fact Sony has a massive list of whomever commented and visited his site. Even if it was to check out the news article. Way way way overbearing there.

Now that I think about it. Might be prudent for Saint to kill and/or move this thread. No need to have Sony bringing their attention to here.

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on March 06, 2011, 06:38:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on March 06, 2011, 02:55:18 pm ---Here they are with their precious PS3 hacked wide open for the world to see and Sony is pissed.

--- End quote ---

Eh, not too wide open.  3.56 disables updating via USB.   :P

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I can't say I've ever used that feature myself. Has anybody?

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