MUST READ: Call of Privacy: Modern Spyware by PlayStation Network

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ssj12 said:

superchunk said:

only parts that worry me is the uncrypted nature of information being passed back to Sony and what exact details about my home wireless network and what it contains is being transmitted.

i.e. Do they take my network id/pw? files on my shared computers? etc.

Ya, thats a bit worrying. And they call piracy an issue. The fact at the beginning all this went to a server with an http address let alone now an https address is horrifyingly horrid security measures to say the least. I'd basically recommend anyone who owns a PS3 trade their crap in for a 360 or Wii knowing this information or remove all important data like CC details and all that off the PSN at minimum.

So you're going to dump your crap PC tomorrow because it's using CAs and HTTPS when you pay online too ? ( not mentionning that your PC is more likely to be running a trojan than your PS3...)

PS : Do you even understand that for someone to be able to steal your CC on your PS3 the way the hacker describes it you would first have to install a CFW developed by the person trying to steal your information ?

If you do that you probably deserve this to happen  and I actually hope some douchebags trying to play pirated games has this happen to him, he doesn't deserve any less.

And secondly this is no different from installing a random executable whose source you don't know on your PC and then have its security being compromised...

The summary of this stupid article should have been :

Flash news : if you install software whose source you do not trust, you can compromise the security of your machine...

Sheesh, that's kinda very very old news...