The only difference? Read again. Sony is putting this on all "FIRST PARTY" games. Which means Sony is the publisher of those games. Doesn't seem any different from PC now does it?

Attrition. It is expected that at some point in time interest wanes and the game players move on to different things. It is extremely easy to see accounts that are added and used alot after the time the estimate for decline.Normally the publishers handle the costs and they constantly crank out products that may need attention as well. It becomes a numbers game.

This is a how-to. So while it is understandable about raging against someone bragging about a bit of ingenuity. This guy should be commended for taking the time out to inform instead of brag and I assure you, it is much easier to brag or insult than it is to inform.

Exactly. I am reading this article and thinking this doesn't explain deductive reasoning, which in fact, a person can do that on their own and not need to debate or talk to another person about. Reasoning has existed to let people reach beyond mere perception and reflex in the search for truth. It is reasoning that allows us to recognize and deduce correctly at times patterns in all sorts of creatures, objects and phenomena. I am not sure why they are trying to pigeonhole reasoning as a product of human interaction when chances are it started from our need to hunt and protect ourselves.

But of course, it MUST be the Sony firmware. That explains why 360 owners exhibit the same exact issues. Man, sony is evil and far reaching with that kind of pull. SMH.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/anonymous-speaks-the-inside-story-of-the-hbgary-hack.ars It isn't true that "all" the people taking up the banner do not have methods more advanced than DDoS.

Well, the amount of spin and FUD being outputted here makes that understandable. You can read the full response here http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/sets/72157626521862165/ While they mention finding a file on their servers that references Anonymous and noting that the intrusion takes place around the same time. They letter enver blames Anonymous. What I find worse is the mob mentality that has gone along with this circus show. 1. People are assuming that Anonymous is a formal group and has one particular set of behavior. 2. People are assuming that "everyone" that took up the Anonymous title, are altruistic and/or have a very limited set of skills. This behavior reminds me of basic conformation bias. It is sort of how people in the US are quick to point out violent/negative behaviors done by certain people who identify themselves as muslim to paint the entire islam community despite any denouncements yet when violence/negative behaviors of that nature are done by people who claim they are christians are relatively ignored or brushed over stateside (like the murder of Dr. Tiller). No I am not a guy who "hates" any of the big three companies. I am an avid gamer who reads these sites all the time, and I can't help but notice the amount of BS people love to have aimed against sony. Sony is in the wrong for going after someone who exposed proprietary keys? Sony is at fault for being a victim of data theft? You seriously believe that keeping abreast of all activity on a network while defending against a DDoS attack is easy? Is there such thing as an unhackable network? For such a tech saavy site with supposedly mature tech minded people, the vast majority of these upmodded comments are seeming ownright immature and ill informed.

They didn't say anything different this time. Even after an audit by three separate companies they hired, they have no evidence that CC info was taken. Alot of these headlines are simply rewording it. Because they didn't say it with finality it allows the attention grabbing headlines of "may have" which in turns fuels the anti sony rhetoric that seems ever so popular this gen.

"they're willing to take any sandpaper-wrapped anal raping that Sony will give them" You seem to have some very interesting insider knowledge. Care to elaborate?

Social Engineering is not a form of hacking. Hacking is not always a negative connotation but in every case it involves modifying hardware and software in ways it wasn't intended. Social Engineering existed as a term way before the term hacking and has more in common with fraud because it deals with people and not with devices and software.

It is a very simple concept. You can do whatever you want to the hardware, the OS is licensed to gamers. Games are also licensed to gamers. This is nothing new, this has been going on for generations. Iirc there ware similar verbiage in the Eula/tos of the previous 2 consoles as well. You agreed to it either by agreeing to the Eula or by use. If you have done neither then you have less of an argument.

Just because you assume ownership of something doesn't mean that it is true. Now if you were to use that info to compeletey wipe the native OS of the machine then that would be your right. The sticky nature of the DMCA and Eula is simply the bypassing of security to do so. The act of bypassing it violates the contract and the DMCA but running another OS is not.

The truth is though, people do not want to lose the abilities given in the native OS so they pretend like they don't understand the distinction between license and owner ship and try to justify using a modified version of the native OS. If you are going to knowingly do something like hack the console (for pirating reason or for hombrew) please man up and admit what you are doing is in the green. It makes sense for Sony to do this. They are probably obligated to do this because of the way their game console generates revenue, their partners involved and the investors they have to answer to.

I just wish this woe is me, I am an innocent abused hacker/hobbiest/tinkerer act. Here is the deal if you use the software, just accept the fact that you not get to use the PSN again.If you are distributing the proprietary sony code/information (that they can identify),expect for them to come after you. it is really that simple and it is justified.