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I'd put comparing overclocking with hacking above missing an apostrophe, frankly.
Is PSN under attack? - PSN now back up 15/05
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I'd put comparing overclocking with hacking above missing an apostrophe, frankly.
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Indeed, also I wonder how much Hacking and overclocking goes on over in the la Cuisine section
Lol, I can't believe people STILL think this is anything to do with 'Anonymous'
Not saying it was them, but why not? Because they're "for the people"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(hobbyist)
It is hacking, it meets the definition, it is not cracking. There's a difference.
Besides it's a million miles from their MO
It is hacking, it meets the definition, it is not cracking. There's a difference.
It's just not. Believe me, it's not.Not saying it was them, but why not? Because they're "for the people"?
Besides it's a million miles from their MO
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You are bang on the money 3 months ago that was discovered all transactions on PSN are plain text
No, it's SSL, I believe all communications on PSN are SSL, however it isn't encrypted beyond that, meaning it is SSL over the interwebs but once it gets un-SSLed it is plaintext and before it gets SSLed it's plaintext. The worry with this has been that custom firmware could snag your details. Well, that's my understanding, having actually read something.
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Epic fail then !
I know how to use the google, the "Anonymous" that everyone talks about, they're not the most secretive organisation. They briefly joked that "anyone wanting access to PSN should give us their credit card details", hilariously some gaming news website took this for serious.You seem pretty sure of yourself there... Where were you on the day in question...
I can say with 99.694% certainty that they are not related to the data theft, however the person or person(s) responsible for it may be involved with "Anonymous" or have infiltrated the "organisation".
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Some aspects could be seen as hacking I suppose. Firmware modding for example with regards to GPUs, But most of it is just bios tweaking which isnt hacking in any sense of the word.
Exactly, "back in the day". That sort of thing no longer happens, Intel even market their "K" processors as being multiplier unlocked so you can get higher frequencies out of them, and how many mobo manufacturers build overclocking options into their BIOS/software now?
I can see the point you were trying to make, but it was a bad example to use
The point he's making is that no one cared about it then, so why care about people doing the same thing on the PS3? It's hypocrisy.
Well deduced then Sherlock, perhaps you should go to the police now!
If only Holmes had Google & Wiki back in the day...............
Yea.. well like I say, in my day it was drawing on your CPU, flashing the bios and rigging watercooling with various bits of house hold junk. Hacking enough for you?
Kids these days
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I'm really intrigued as to your age now?
but No, in answer to your question. thats not hacking enough, Unless you modded the bios yourself and then flashed it. Flashing an image that was already created isnt hacking. The guy who made it initially, yes. He's a hacker.
And water cooling is definitely not hacking
but No, in answer to your question. thats not hacking enough, Unless you modded the bios yourself and then flashed it. Flashing an image that was already created isnt hacking. The guy who made it initially, yes. He's a hacker.
And water cooling is definitely not hacking
Well, technically it is, it's doing things the OEM didn't intend you to do, that's roughly the definition, what if you took someone else bios and modded it? Are you then only part hacker? Hacking isn't even limited to computers, you can hack phones, MIDI devices, printers, microwaves. It just means making something do something it's not supposed to.
Anywho, my age is my business, if you don't remember drawing on CPUs and water cooling before it was something you could buy the components for then I'm older than you
@Azza, uh, no
I'm trying to make the point that not all PS3 hackers just do it to pirate games, it's the same as overclocking, it's the sense of satisfaction from making something do something it's not supposed to and Sony have unfairly persecuted these people in their overzealous pursuit of pirates. The same overzealous protection of copyright that saw them sell audio CDs with rootkits on them. Infecting the computers of innocent people with rootkits, which were not harmless before some idiot tries to claim that.
Sony played dirty so it's no surprise someone's given them the smackdown, I just hope that really is the case and it's not just a conveniently timed cyber-heist of all your personal details.
Sony played dirty so it's no surprise someone's given them the smackdown, I just hope that really is the case and it's not just a conveniently timed cyber-heist of all your personal details.
But, and I may be wrong, aren't games consoles intended to be closed systems with services supplied by the manufacturer? If they choose to withdraw or modify some services - it's usually in the initial contract that they're entitled to do just that. Just like your TV supplier, your insurance company, or your bank/credit card company can do.
If you then hack these for any reason, you've not really got a leg to stand on.