Sony Gets Other OS Class-Action Lawsuite Dismissed

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fordy said:

o_O.Q said:

"just enforce more security measures on the online service?"

hackers can't find a way around that right?

wasn't the gaming network thought of as the best and most secure ( steam ) hacked just a short while ago?...

furthermore you're forgetting to mention that one of the issues involved here wasn't just PSN but also the exploits allowing for piracy that were spread by geohot, that is an unrelated issue to PSN that had to be dealt with

If you really believe that ANY system is hack-proof, you're living in a dreamland.

The rule is "nothing is hack-proof, but we can't make it a damn sight harder for them TO hack it"

Therefore, this whole defending trampling of personal property rights is moot in itself. You can bolt a system down as much as you want on both sides. It still wont be hack-proof. Sony could do a damn sight more in terms of server-side security, but they prefer to trample on personal property rights because it's cheaper. That's how the corporate machine works!

The spreading of the new firmware by geohot is a completely seperate case, but are you implying that without OtherOS, Geohotz firmware CAN'T be installed? I'm pretty sure all you need is a brand new PS3 and an IP entry in your hosts DNS resolution file on a PC. OtherOS is not needed, so disabling it is not going to stop anything.

"You can bolt a system down as much as you want on both sides. It still wont be hack-proof"

and i suppose that means you don't try either right?

geohot broke through the ps3s security on 2 occasions - 1 via a vulnerability through other os ( in this variant yes it was needed ) and later without that vulnerability ( after other os was removed )