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cory.ok on 11 January 2011
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twesterm said:
4k1x3r said:

The problem here (and that's a good problem) is that alot of people will think that this hack is complete, because you can sign your games so the PS3 think it's legit, so they won't think that there's a risk going online. So fucking ban them Sony, hackers should remain on PC.


And there are a few problems with that thinking:

1.  The PS3 thinks the app is legit and the app can be named whatever they want it to be.  I don't know what gets sent to the Sony servers on startup but I doubt it the name, size, and location of every app.  If so, they could just name it Mega Man 9 or some other PSN game and suddenly the PS3 thinks it's legit.  There are certain things Sony can discern but there isn't some magic wand that tells all.  If the app is signed, it's legit.

2.  If it were a problem, the app could like on a USB stick and be launched from the USB stick.  I doubt the PS3 takes the time to fully scan every connected USB drive at startup because that takes a significant amount of time.

3.  Finally, a guide comes with every one of those hacks that tells you exactly how to set it up, what to do, and most importantly, what not to do.  There will be those that don't follow the directions, but I'm sure the guides will warn them of the dangers.

1.  i doubt that they had the foresight to send the size and location of whatever you have running, but tomorrow they could start requiring it.  your ps3 has no control over what their servers require.  if you cant/wont give what they are asking for then you get flagged for psn ban

2.   theyre definitely not checking your usbs, and they wont start, what if you have a 500gb external hd? but that doesnt change that it doesnt matter if you run something from usb or from xmb, the effect is the same.  they could require you send things to them to check what it is that youre running from the usb, a movie? picture? game? the ps3 has a pretty short list of what it supports, it wouldnt require much for sony to check what everyone is doing on their ps3.

3.  it doesnt matter what the directions tell you, sony could have you sending security checks to their servers at regular intervals so that whatever youre doing they know.  security checks at half hour intervals is very unlikely, but if youre thinking about using another firmware you should be ready to have an offline console.