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New PS3 Firmware Contains Backdoor

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-your-backdoor-ram dept.

Vectormatic noted the rumor floating around that the most recent PS3 patch has a backdoor, and "Sony can now remotely execute code on the PS3 as soon as you connect. This can do whatever Sony wants it to do, such as verifying system files or searching for homebrew. Sony can change the code and add new detection methods without any firmware updates."

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  1. AGAIN, Sony? by MarioMax · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Didn't you learn from your mistakes the last time you tried this?

    1. Re:AGAIN, Sony? by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yes, they learned it was SO cheap that it's worth doing in all Sony products.

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    2. Re:AGAIN, Sony? by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 4, Insightful

      they learned that the kids today will buy anything if its shiny. rootkits? sony music vs the world? optical discs with invasive DRM? annoying copy/read protections? proprietary connectors that cost as much as the unit, itself? remember all that stuff?

      wait, hang on:

      "oh look, a new video game to keep us distracted. lets get it!"

      its impossible to get a boycott going; the 'shininess' wins with today's kids and they do NOT ever vote with their wallets. they buy sony blue ray (no, I'm not spelling it their way), they encourage the DRM with their purchases and sony laughs all the way to the bank.

      I can't see any products sony offers that isn't also available elsewhere and better. not the exact same thing, but sony is *fully* boycottable with very little pain involved. its easy to do.

      please consider not buying sony. ever. you can find alternatives. you can, really.

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  2. Re:IRC by dc29A · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't beleive Sony are that dumb. A backdoor pretty much opens the PS3 not just to Sony but hackers and most importantly malware writers. PS3 botnet anyone?

  3. I bought my PS3 dammit! by onyxruby · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is it just me, or I could swear that I 'bought' my ps3 and it said nothing about a cable box like rental on the box. Why is it so hard for Sony to understand that this is my property and to leave it well enough alone? If they want to arbitrarily execute code on other people's property it crosses the line to hacking and that's criminal to in most jurisdictions.

    What they have done is no different that the cable company demanding root level access to your computer in order to go online. People would be outraged there, why should a game console (which is just a dedicated computer) be any different?

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