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Sony Updates PS3 Firmware To 3.56 To Stop Jailbreaking
tekgoblin writes "Today Sony has released a firmware update for the PS3 console that will update it to version 3.56. This comes on the same day news broke on the restraining order against George Hotz (Geohot). Sony did not state that it would stop jailbreaking the console but we can only assume that it does. With this restraining order against Geohot we see the Streisand Effect taking hold again as the key spreads all over the net. This decision by the courts may also prompt more hackers to focus their time on the PS3 from other projects. Be aware if you update your system and you like to jailbreak or hack, you will probably be unable to after the update."
Actually, it might be possible after all.
When Linux comes back to the PS3 I'll make the perfect test case of who actually owns the hardware when I have Linux and only Linux installed on it. I bought it, I own it, Sony can take a long walk off a short pier.
The overriding issue is that the DMCA anti-circumvention provisions are simply bad laws and as such they serve to bring themselves into contempt.
Shh.
is it still jailbreaking if one owns they keys to the jail? .. you just open the door and go for a walk when ever you wish.
you don;t break out
Except the parent's point is that the 360 doesn't lock up your system regardless of what you do. Cheat, mod the system, build a beowulf cluster, whatever; you can still play games on it.
The PS3 refuses to play games, locks you out of features and/or flat-out breaks if you want to use it for anything other than whatever Sony tells you is acceptable.
Android phones can install apps from anywhere so you don't need to get on the market just to release one. Using your own web site is fine. Also access to sensors and the camera is available... Not sure you meant to add those to your list. Homebrew is massive on Android, in fact I'd estimate around 50% of apps could be considered homebrew.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
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Am I the only one who thinks that "route all your PS3 internet traffic through some random third party with unknown intentions" is a bad thing?
If there is a way to mook about with the outbound request, then just publish it. I'll integrate it into my own router, or DNS server, or anything else I chose to set up and control.
But routing a data stream that has a non-zero chance of having a credit card number in it (PSN purchases) through an untrusted third party? Nope.
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