PlayStation 3 'hacked' by iPhone cracker

[sj33]

It would be interesting to see if they have a case against Fail0verflow. They didn't actually release the keys, just made people aware of how to obtain them, which is how Geohot got them.

[saturn-gamer]

It wouldn't surprise me if Sony can file him for extortion under the American law.

A bit dumb to offer your services like that. Its like 'yeah, I broke in.. and if you want to stop this you've got to hire me'. It depends on if Sony can sue him for breaching into their property. In essence they just figured the key out. I dunno how the law is going to deal with that.

[Phar]

Would it though? Surely it would just force hackers to release hacks anonymously within the hacking community, and let them become public from there.

EDIT - Beaten to it

Can't imagine they'll be too many of those, most love the attention.

[sj33]

You might be right. Looking at how Blu-Ray's AACS/BD+ etc. protection is in tatters, the reason no-one's been able to take it to court (aside from the precedent set by the previous deCSS lawsuit) is because no-one quite knows who to sue. Slysoft release updates to AnyDVD that crack the latest AACS/BD+ revisions pretty much on the day they are released, and they can't be touched because even if it was discovered how they are obtaining the keys, they're based in a juristiction where they can't be touched. Console hackers might want to learn from this.

[Sketcz]

Yeah it's probably more of a stalling tactic than anything, more so for Geohot as the lawsuit was filed in the US and I think he's the only one from there, the others being from Germany so they should be ok unless Sony can do something in a European court.

They'll just accuse him of sex crimes and have him deported to Sweden and then extradition to the US for subsequent death penalty.

[Phar]

You might be right. Looking at how Blu-Ray's AACS/BD+ etc. protection is in tatters, the reason no-one's been able to take it to court (aside from the precedent set by the previous deCSS lawsuit) is because no-one quite knows who to sue. Slysoft release updates to AnyDVD that crack the latest AACS/BD+ revisions pretty much on the day they are released, and they can't be touched because even if it was discovered how they are obtaining the keys, they're based in a juristiction where they can't be touched. Console hackers might want to learn from this.

Yeah I think Sony are just looking to scare whoever they can get hold of legally in the hope they can deter as many as possible. They never did manage to find DarkAlex due to his anonymity in the PSP CFW scene but I remember Sony asking if anyone had any info on him, he ended up quitting the scene because of that.

I'd be a bit worried right now if I was releasing stuff, from past history Sony don't f*ck around when it comes to suing people, they put Lik Sang out of business as well as the guys at bleem, I think Sony actually lost that case but put that many lawsuits on them that it crippled them financially.

They'll just accuse him of sex crimes and have him deported to Sweden and then extradition to the US for subsequent death penalty.

Having to share a cell with Charles Bronson would be better.

[nonny]

Man I miss Lik-Sang...

[Neon Ignition]

Apparently the firmware now unlocks all trophies at the touch of a button.


Now they've gone too far... too far I say!

[Sketcz]

Apparently the firmware now unlocks all trophies at the touch of a button.

Now they've gone too far... too far I say!

Well, when someone ends with up with 100 platinums overnight, Sony will know why.

I think it's great.

Now maybe Sony (or the hackers) will make a ****ing update so I can permanently disable them.

I cannot overstate how much I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, HATE, having to see the trophy icon pop up in the corner of my game when I'm trying to get into it. DIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG HERE'S YOUR GERBIL PELLET REWARD.

Really, I just want them permanently off, so I don't even know they exist. I bloody hate trophies.

[randombs]

I hate when I get that silly 'installing trophies' thing at the beginning of some games. I don't play PS3 enough to know if it happens every time you start a game or not but, bloody hell, man.

[SuperBeatBoy]

I hate when I get that silly 'installing trophies' thing at the beginning of some games. I don't play PS3 enough to know if it happens every time you start a game or not but, bloody hell, man.

Agreed and if you want to check them out, you have to wait for them to be synced first.

[Darwock]

Syncing takes what, 2 seconds? Some people must really value their gaming time!

[speedlolita]

Takes bloody ages to sync on mine..

[dvdx2]

trophies are a waste of time full stop - why isnt there a function to deactive them?

[InvisibleKid]

Syncing takes what, 2 seconds? Some people must really value their gaming time!

Seriously, it's taken 10 minutes on mine some times. And it's worse when trying to do comparisons against someone else's trophies.

I agree I'd like to see a way of disabling the pop-up, and I 'd like to see a way of deleting trophies you don't want - individually and for a whole game. I don't see them as pointless though - I find them rather good :-)