your ISP can. sony maybe just the url.

good job i havent been searching for porn on my ps3 then aye

On the contrary, that is exactly what they do. Where did you get the idea this was anonymous? If you have ever purchased anything, they know who you are, and they do connect this information with the data they mine (eg, which movies you watched on your ps3, who you chatted with, and which websites you visited. They even store your IP and MAC, and reserve the right to listen to your conversations (text and voice) and store them.

It's okay they all do it.

You realize nearly all places have this same policy? XBL, Facebook, mobile phone companies etc. People are paranoid however this is a good thing... and a bad thing. Though there is absolutely no way you can argue it's bad, or be against it, remember YOU AGREED TO IT! No one reads it, just go to accept we know, but you still agree to it. You are held under those requirements. If you don't sign up to PSN, none of this will happen.

Pros
*This helps build services and collect information such as services used most, services downloaded most etc. Without something like this they wouldn't even be able to list what was downloaded the most as a game, because that would require taking data.

*Helps build games, people are playing certain things more, and certain parts. When they see people are replaying certain portions of a gave they can gear and change, game testers and reviewers are only a part of making it.

*Helps correct problems, without this they couldn't even check what ERROR you had without it being illegal, wouldn't be able to see how large amounts of people affect areas, wouldn't be aloud to have trophies, because it is all under data mining.

Cons
*Of course there is cons, one being they can monitor you for things like piracy.

*If cops need data they can request and get everything you ever did on that machine to build an investigation.

Notice how the cons are legal things? Mainly due to things like childporn, etc and foremost they need this, or else they wouldn't even be aloud BY LAW to give out any information about what you do on your PS3.

welcome to the modern world. EDIT EDIT EDIT, and i'm sure that the 360 has the same functions. The point of the consoles is to log illegal behavior if/when it does happen and they need to have a record if the police contact them. They also do their own market research this way, no NPD needed heh.

The only way to rebel against this is to avoid any kind of contact with the world. Don't use your credit card, dont use satellite TV, don't pay your taxes (so uncle same wont know where you work) , etc

HAHAHAHA wow. that would work...

OT: sorry, but welcome to the 21st century. If you don't want people to know stuff about you, I afraid you'll have to renounce all material possessions that are more technologically advanced than a toaster.

more or less its to make sure that its ur playstation 3 that is tied to the psn account along with the fact that only 5 systems can be activated at a time, and with the remote play its the same thing, only 5 psp tied to ur psn account to play a dl'ed game and also if a developer was to make a add on that accidentaly crashed the games they could instantly retrieve data on the state wwhen it crashed etc. and about the credit checks its more about their security makeing sure that your able to pay them and their it department that would hould the database of all ur downloaded psn stuff.
chill out if u dont get like it get a 360 or wii

Oh you sweet innocent thing you !

Oh no my sex slave ring I run on psn is toast. Note to self: must move it to xbox live