Getting access to the database through a flaw in a web app is going to be a lot easier than getting a shell on the system then getting a local privilege escalation to root and replacing system binaries.
I would hope your web server doesn't have access to/etc/shadow...
Doesn't affect most users in the slightest, me included.
online connection required DRM in several games.
Two things: 1. That's Capcom's doing. 2. That would be in response to the system being broken by Geohot, et. al. In other words, this is an effect, not a cause.
Consoles have to be cheap (look what happened with the $600 PS3)
Well then, maybe the razor and blade model needs to be replaced with something more sustainable.
Make the console $800, but the games $40. Then Sony doesn't need to worry about licensing and royalties... oh, but wait, this is Sony we're talking about. They love royalties, fuck.
Didn't Microsoft ban an autistic kid because he was so good they decided he must have cheated, and then tell his mom there was nothing that could be done and the labeling as a "Cheater" was irreversible?
No, they banned him because he asked a friend to use his account to "earn" several achievements, and it turns out those achievements were earned in an order not possible in the actual game without the use of some sort of unlocker.
I like some of their games too, but if they succeed with the "phone home" feature on this game, soon they'll apply to all their new games, and I'll be left out (no net connection to my console). Wiser to let Capcom know we won't put-up with their crap.
I'll start caring as soon as they move this from downloadable games to disc-based games.
Apparently that isn't clear from the article, because a lot of people aren't picking up on the fact that this game is a PSN store game only.
TFA failed to mention that the DRM scheme only applied to downloaded games
This is from the article:
The game's listing on the PlayStation Network (PSN)
PSN refers to two things: 1. The PS3/PSP networking in general and 2. The digital download store. Only one of these has game listings, and that would be the store.
and that you wouldn't be talking about PS3 games in a post about DRM on the PS3
Right, but the post I originally replied to said to boycott Capcom games. Capcom makes games for more systems than just the PS3.
Ditto with My kids. They don't have internet-connected consoles, so how are they supposed to play Capcom games? I guess Capcom lost several million customers with this decision.
This game is only purchasable on consoles that are currently online. If your consoles have never been online, then... no problem!
"I'm pulling my hair," he said. "I was never able to reach a single human with Google Earth Maps. But in their system, they have a way you can let them know something is wrong. And over the course of a year, I was able to get their maps updated."
This was the least surprising part of the article. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that they don't actually have any human beings over there at all, and GLaDOS or whatever is running the show entirely.
"Congratulations, the test is now over."
"It was a fun test, and we're all impressed at how much you won. The test is over."
-- GLaDOS, 2007
The problem with the scenario you're spinning is that the toolbar that collects this information is Microsoft's Bing toolbar... a toolbar that adds a Bing search bar to IE.
That's important, because your theory makes the assumption that all users of this toolbar are Google users... but why would they install the Bing toolbar?
I'll be honest, I don't know how the Bing toolbar collects its info, but I wouldn't be surprised if it collects data about all the sites its users visit and weights them, regardless of the source. This would mean that sites like Wikipedia could unintentionally bump the ranking of sites just by having links to them in its sources, even if they are marked as nofollow for anti-spam reasons
Disclaimer: I have no idea if Wikipedia marks external links as nofollow.
Let me see, they put a routine in the customer's computer that collects what the customer types and what is sent to the screen when the customer uses a third party application.
That is usually considered a crime, not a defense. It would be the weirdest form of alibi if someone claimed he could not have robbed a bank because at that exact moment he was murdering someone.
It's only a crime if MS installed said third-party program. If the customer installed said toolbar and left the checkbox that basically says "Microsoft can watch everything I do in my browser," then no, that wouldn't be a crime because the customer explicitly opted in to it.
Most of the outward signs people saw was perl cgi scripts saying it was January of 19100 and such.
I had one that did that... like most people, the developer of it didn't realize that: 1) Perl has a time formatting command in the Posix module (strftime) (and now lots of other modules) 2) Perl's built in date function returns the year as the number of years since 1900.
It was never OK to use a b tag for anything that didn't explicitly need to be BOLD, rather than emphasised or standing out strongly. Table layouts were never OK either. The move to CSS and that whole separation of content from layout was a great move.
This is an article about Sony game system hacking. Did we really need an ad for Microsoft stuff here? It's not relevant. It's not material. It's off topic. It's rude. Go away.
Yes, how dare he talk about writing homebrew stuff on a console in response to an article about one (of three) console manufacturers attempting to lock down their console, which would prevent homebrew from running!
Here's the thing - I own a PSP. Guess what kinds of games I play on it? Puzzle games, short-attention-span games, platformers. I've played the hell out of PixelJunk Monsters and Lumines. Daxter and Loco Roco were each a ton of fun, but honestly was probably the limit for what my attention could bring to a portable device.
Basically, I play this thing when I ride the bus to work. Anything that can be done in short spurts works great.
It sounds like a better choice for you would be to just buy games for a smartphone.
I don't own a PSP, but it has a lot of longer games, as does the DS.
At what point does somebody with outdated information become a liar?
When they use present tense., such as
Google Product Search lists unlocked smartphones for between $500 and $600. Unless Sony gives gamers another 599 US dollars announcement, handheld video game systems will remain substantially cheaper than an unlocked smartphone.
Slashdot Mirror
Ulrich Drepper has an interesting article from 2007 about updating the UNIX crypt() command to support SHA-256 and SHA-512.
This is currently used in several modern Linux systems, such as Fedora and Ubuntu. I haven't a clue if any of the BSD systems use it.
It does not appear to be rolled into GNU crypt, at least not according to its documentation.
I would hope your web server doesn't have access to /etc/shadow ...
Doesn't affect most users in the slightest, me included.
Two things:
1. That's Capcom's doing.
2. That would be in response to the system being broken by Geohot, et. al. In other words, this is an effect, not a cause.
*whoosh*
No, they banned him because he asked a friend to use his account to "earn" several achievements, and it turns out those achievements were earned in an order not possible in the actual game without the use of some sort of unlocker.
Which is... cheating.
Which are, of course, significantly harder to replace.
I'll start caring as soon as they move this from downloadable games to disc-based games.
Apparently that isn't clear from the article, because a lot of people aren't picking up on the fact that this game is a PSN store game only.
This is from the article:
PSN refers to two things: 1. The PS3/PSP networking in general and 2. The digital download store. Only one of these has game listings, and that would be the store.
Right, but the post I originally replied to said to boycott Capcom games. Capcom makes games for more systems than just the PS3.
The only games they've done this to so far are downloadable games.
If Capcom starts doing it to disc-based games, call me. Until then, I'll continue to enjoy their Ace Attorney series of games.
Oh wait, those are on a hand-held anyway, and aren't likely to have this sort of limitation.
This game is only purchasable on consoles that are currently online. If your consoles have never been online, then... no problem!
How about no?
I happen to like some of their games, thanks. More than enough to ignore this particular incident.
From TFA:
"I'm pulling my hair," he said. "I was never able to reach a single human with Google Earth Maps. But in their system, they have a way you can let them know something is wrong. And over the course of a year, I was able to get their maps updated."
This was the least surprising part of the article. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that they don't actually have any human beings over there at all, and GLaDOS or whatever is running the show entirely.
"Congratulations, the test is now over."
"It was a fun test, and we're all impressed at how much you won. The test is over."
-- GLaDOS, 2007
The problem with the scenario you're spinning is that the toolbar that collects this information is Microsoft's Bing toolbar... a toolbar that adds a Bing search bar to IE.
That's important, because your theory makes the assumption that all users of this toolbar are Google users... but why would they install the Bing toolbar?
I'll be honest, I don't know how the Bing toolbar collects its info, but I wouldn't be surprised if it collects data about all the sites its users visit and weights them, regardless of the source. This would mean that sites like Wikipedia could unintentionally bump the ranking of sites just by having links to them in its sources, even if they are marked as nofollow for anti-spam reasons
Disclaimer: I have no idea if Wikipedia marks external links as nofollow.
They did offer a defense: it's the customer data
Let me see, they put a routine in the customer's computer that collects what the customer types and what is sent to the screen when the customer uses a third party application.
That is usually considered a crime, not a defense. It would be the weirdest form of alibi if someone claimed he could not have robbed a bank because at that exact moment he was murdering someone.
It's only a crime if MS installed said third-party program. If the customer installed said toolbar and left the checkbox that basically says "Microsoft can watch everything I do in my browser," then no, that wouldn't be a crime because the customer explicitly opted in to it.
Really? I thought I read somewhere that HDTVs are now outselling SDTVs.
It stands to follow that people buying new consoles are more likely to have HDTVs now.
Everyone knows that the best hack is whiterabbit.obj!
I had one that did that... like most people, the developer of it didn't realize that:
1) Perl has a time formatting command in the Posix module (strftime) (and now lots of other modules)
2) Perl's built in date function returns the year as the number of years since 1900.
Sony also invented the 3.5" diskette.
The fun begins when one of the vendors convinces the standards body to remove features between versions.
For instance, between CSS1 and CSS2, the requirement to have the <col> HTML tag styled with left and right alignment vanished.
Why was that? The only browser that didn't (and still doesn't) support it is Mozilla/Firefox...
I could search for the 10 year old "wontfix" bug about this in Bugzilla, but that sounds suspiciously like work.
On a side note, Firefox will never be 100% CSS1 compliant because this requirement is missing.
Sure it was... before those tags were added.
Did you not read what the original poster said?
Since you forgot, I'll repeat it:
(emphasis by original poster)
Yes, how dare he talk about writing homebrew stuff on a console in response to an article about one (of three) console manufacturers attempting to lock down their console, which would prevent homebrew from running!
It sounds like a better choice for you would be to just buy games for a smartphone.
I don't own a PSP, but it has a lot of longer games, as does the DS.
When they use present tense., such as
(emphasis added by me)
Actually, I had just pulled a number out of the air, and 1/8 didn't seem enough of a difference... ;P