Sony's Removal of "Other OS" May Be Against EU Law

[joeorc]

Damnyouall said:

FantasySky said:
the thing is that the ps3 slim doesnt hav it anymore so since the law is regarding the current unit in sales then it sais the ps3 doesnt actualy hav this aplication so sony are free to remove it

 

That doesn't even make sense, like most of what the apologists write. So if a new model of Ford doesn't include an mp3 player, Ford can go to your old car and rip the mp3 player out?

no but ford may have a recall, and it's upto you if you want to turn it back in.

Even though Sony removing Other OS as seen as a slap in the face to the consumer it should be noted that keeping Mod chip's off the PS3 would be seen by many as more of a benefit at the loss of Intall Other OS. than to have people on PSN with playstation 3's with mod chip's on them.

example:

January 27, 2010

How the PS3 hypervisor was hacked

 

"It is quite possible someone will package this attack into a modchip since the glitch, while somewhat narrow, does not need to be very precisely timed. With a microcontroller and a little analog circuitry for the pulse, this could be quite reliable. However, it is more likely that a software bug will be found after reverse-engineering the dumped hypervisor and that is what will be deployed for use by the masses."

Sony appears to have done a great job with the security of the PS3. It all hangs together well, with no obvious weak points. However, the low level access given to guest OS kernels means that any bug in the hypervisor is likely to be accessible to attacker code due to the broad API it offers. One simple fix would be to read back the state of each mapping after changing it. If the write failed for some reason, the hypervisor would see this and halt.

It will be interesting to see how Sony responds with future updates to prevent this kind of attack.

http://rdist.root.org/2010/01/27/how-the-ps3-hypervisor-was-hacked/