Post: Sony Banning PSN Members?
03-07-2011, 10:51 PM #1
Tully96
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In the ongoing court case against GoeHot (Goerge Hotz) the judge has given Sony access to Geohot's site to see who has been lurking around his site. It has also been said that when they find out they will be banning the people who have ever visited the site permnantly from PSN.

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Sony has been given access to the website of the chap who first hacked the PlayStation 3’s security, thus enabling the playing of pirated software. This lets them track the computer details of anyone who has ever visited the site.
US magistrate Joseph Spero granted Sony this somewhat invasive permission after an earlier similar request was denied. If this is second time lucky for Sony, it’s potentially very unlucky for legions of PS3 gamers who may only have visited George Hotz’s website because they were interested to learn what all the fuss was about. But it gets worse.

Sony has also been given access to Google, YouTube and Twitter files relating to the hack. In theory this means they could trace anyone who has ever checked out Hotz’s online blog; who has viewed/commented on the YouTube clip explaining how the hack works or who has contributed to the lively chat on Hotz’s Twitter account.

As we reported earlier, Sony has been sending out cease-and-desist orders to PS3 users who were suspected of using the hack – lifetime bans from the PlayStation Network were threatened if compliance was not immediately forthcoming. Presumably this latest move makes it easier for them to cast their net further and wider. Unfortunately this is also likely to ensnare large numbers of the merely curious alongside the bona-fide transgressors.

Perhaps that’s just the price we all have to pay now that this hack is in the public domain. Such draconion measures are unlikely to wipe out piracy altogether, though - hackers have reportedly already discovered ways to reverse any ban that's handed to them.

Whatever the case, we can’t help thinking that none of this would have been necessary if Sony had secured its console properly in the first place...


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    https://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/blog/article/24836/big-brother-is-watching-you.html


Could be bad for us...
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03-07-2011, 10:52 PM #2
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Noooooo :( SONY Y U NOT COOL ANYMORE :FU:

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03-07-2011, 10:54 PM #3
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Originally posted by Tully96 View Post
. It has also been said that when they find out they will be banning the people who have ever visited the site permnantly from PSN.

Rumor... If you upgraded to 3.56, they won't ban you.

That would be a stupid move for Sony to ban people who upgraded when they wanted them to upgrade.


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03-07-2011, 10:55 PM #4
Originally posted by Tully96 View Post
In the ongoing court case against GoeHot (Goerge Hotz) the judge has given Sony access to Geohot's site to see who has been lurking around his site. It has also been said that when they find out they will be banning the people who have ever visited the site permnantly from PSN.

Could be bad for us...


- Bro, it's good that you sharing us some news but this is the wrong section. Ps3 General way to go. :y: . This can get you -repped...

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03-07-2011, 10:56 PM #5
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Originally posted by RoboCop2010 View Post
Rumor... If you upgraded to 3.56, they won't ban you.
That would be a stupid move for Sony to ban people who upgraded when they wanted them to upgrade.


This article is about people that have been on geohot's site

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Originally posted by Jot1011 View Post
- Bro, it's good that you sharing us some news but this is the wrong section. Ps3 General way to go. :y: . This can get you -repped...


Aiight. I'll see if I can get it moved
03-07-2011, 11:00 PM #6
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Originally posted by Tully96 View Post
This article is about people that have been on geohot's site

Why in the world would they ban you for being on his site? :confused: I for one have been on his site, and I upgraded to 3.56. They won't ban you for simply visiting his site. What they are probably doing is going through the IP's to see if the owner has a PSN account and see if they are on CFW or not.
03-07-2011, 11:02 PM #7
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Originally posted by RoboCop2010 View Post
Why in the world would they ban you for being on his site? :confused: I for one have been on his site, and I upgraded to 3.56. They won't ban you for simply visiting his site. What they are probably doing is going through the IP's to see if the owner has a PSN account and see if they are on CFW or not.


Maybe. I'm not sure about this. I read it and decided to post it
03-07-2011, 11:03 PM #8
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03-07-2011, 11:05 PM #9
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Oh well. We can get it closed if you want
03-07-2011, 11:38 PM #10
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In Flames Much?
Same method as music industry hunting uploaders
Soooo anybody who posts how to do CFW or run unsigned code or uploads copyrighted content e.g. games

They won't ban people from PSN who goes on the site Winky Winky
Just look at there IP and see if they using anything on PSN like CFW.
And it already been posted Smile alot of times

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