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Sony Can Update PS3 Firmware Without Permission

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-got-sony'd dept.

Stoobalou writes "Sony's latest firmware update comes with a revised End User License Agreement which allows the company to change any part of the console's operating system without notification or permission. You might think you own the console you paid for, but Sony has a very different idea."

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  1. frosty the snowman? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frosty piss?

    1. Re:frosty the snowman? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Why are there (mental) eight year olds on slashdot?

    2. Re:frosty the snowman? by spun · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      I thought they were here to promote the worship of the Free Market Fairy. Mental eight year olds don't understand Marxism, just look at all the teabaggers who think Obama is a Marxist.

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  2. Re:There's More by girlintraining · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sounds pretty reasonable. At least there's no mention of rootkits for now.

    The whole box is a rootkit, who are you kidding...Proprietary firmware that can connect to the internet without your permission, update, and has full local LAN access, probably behind your firewall. Those glowing blue and green lights... luring you in, and then... when you least expect it...

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  3. This i5 6oatsex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    W00t too m4ny rule>s and

  4. Re:Huh? by spun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are we playing the game of questions?

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  5. Re:Huh? by skine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is it whenever I see the Questions Game, I have a desire to end it?

  6. Re:Huh? by Dekker3D · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    because you're a cruel, cruel person?

  7. Re:Huh? by skgrey · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Am I going to take a karma hit for responding to an off-topic post with another off-topic post?

  8. Re:Huh? by iprefermuffins · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Does that answer your question?

  9. Re:Huh? by kimvette · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What makes you ask that?

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  10. Re:Huh? by spun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you read all the questions people have been asking?

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  11. Re:Huh? by Wolvenhaven · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is that even the point of this game?

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  12. Re:Huh? by Tetsujin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you not get the memo about this thread's paradigm?

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