The exploit that was being abused had to do with the developer network, not the Other OS feature.
That was in the GeoHotz situation. The early exploits caused the OtherOS removal. If you don't want to believe me, fine.
OtherOS Exploit > USB Exploit (GeoHotz's) > 2 hackers pissed off and opens the system more [this is where news of Dev Network came about] > GeoHotz cracks console open, releases hardware keys = Lawsuit against all three. Then Anonymous came in and destroyed the server-side of PSN network. Then more hackers became involved.
It is not illegal to mod your own property otherwise it is not really your property. The people who distribute the protected media are the only people if any that can be held accountable for anything at all. Just like my phone, just like my car, just like anything. If I mod something, it is my responsibility to use it wisely and legally.
They have wanted you to do whatever you want with the system for the longest time. Its just that one of the hackers thought it would be smart to distribute instructions on how to bust open PS3...caused the whole thing to fall apart. Its not Sony's fault this happened.
I will have no problem with sony claiming a right to remove otherOS if they are willing to replace my discs when they stop playing. Then I won't need to back up my investment.
I don't remember reading anything about this, so I'll move on now...
I hope they put each and every one of them in jail. When you find a security leak, the thing to do is contact the company and point it out discreetly (for a fee if necessary), not to hack them and embarrass them in public while putting their customers at risk to other attacks. But that's just my take on it.
I agree. This should have been done in the first place.
erm, as far as I know they simply removed it because Sony wanted to, not because of any exploit in it - would have been far easier to close the exploit than remove the Other OS completely.
That's wrong. It was the exploit that caused it. I don't think Sony wanted to remove it, they knew there'd be a backlash. And it would not be easy to close the exploit, since after all the exploit would be found
within the Ubuntu/Windows platform (yes, you could have installed windows on that machine.)
As I said, I'm not excusing Sony, quite the opposite really. They bought it partly on themselves by making the system a hack target by people who simply wanted to run their own choice of OS on the hardware. Had Sony activiely encouraged this, then we could quite likely be looking at a totally different situation. Instead they chose to put up a 'wall' on the hardware which was then a red rag to the hackers who more than likely saw it as a challenge to knock down.
I never said you were excusing them, I said that most people think they're at fault...and that they should take the blame. That's wrong. They
HAVE for the most part encouraged everyone to install whatever they like on their system, just as long as you do not modify the system to be demeaned in any way. Sony has no problem with you messing around with your own $600 console, just as long as you are not stupid enough to find exploits like GeoHotz and other hackers that caused other hackers to bust open the system to be vulernable and put customers/consumers at risk.
At the end of the day, I'm with you on this - whatever device I have, the manufacturer should not tell me what I can and can't run on it. If I want to install Linux on it, then I should be able to.
For the most part they
wanted you to. But its people like GeoHotz that ruin that idea in the first place. The whole point of PS3 is to be the only open-source system on the market.
At the time of PS3's release, Apple was gaining popularity because of the openness of the mac OSX platform.
oh, thanks for calling me Stupid as well
I wasn't calling you stupid.
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