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  so I guess the whole "lawl it's a hack at ring 0 sony can't do anything about this they are fucked" was a... : xylothan
  • Not necessarily, the ball is in the hackers court now and it will probably be returned pretty quick. : alphablu
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    Well I don't think that meant that Sony wont be able to break the hack. They probably wont be able to per... : sanchez
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      well if they don't it's just a game to figure out how to fake newer firmwares to get psn/games working. i... : Shai-Tan
      • That's how it is on the DS. A lot of the newer big releases have all kinds of weird piracy checks that ta... : datoo
      • PSN work around is already out. : lcizzle
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      That's what people were claiming however. The initial posts on it were indeed "they can't patch this". ... : xylothan
      • You can update the software on the dongles and Sony will be back in the same position they were in. It's ... : Ellissd
      • you are hilariously uninformed : Halen
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        those dongles are $150??? hahahahahaha : MikkleThePickle
        • The very first ones were, back before people knew what was going on. Someone wanted to cash in early and ... : aggybong
      • I think you need to go back and re-read those threads. : ShekkyBoy
  • Hahahaha, definitely not. The exploit is at the hardware level and is impossible for Sony to fix without ... : Link.
  • it'll be back on within 48hrs : 60days
• What options did they have to remove this time? : Haxim
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  Well they certainly are not enforcing the update yet as I was just online and didn't get it. : hashd
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    They removed 1080p. : pgharavi
    • Did they make it 1080pp : PixelPie
• lol : abrasion
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  The absolute biggest deterrent they can hope for is banning people from PSN for using modded consoles. : jingletard
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    Could they ban mac addresses? Creating a new PSN account to use on a modded system would not be that big ... : Ellissd
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      I'm sure there's some internal id they can ban. Going on LIVE with a hacked console results in the consol... : thecray
      • IIRC modded consoles are blacklisted from Live but the Live account is ok and can be used on clean Xbox 3... : Sailor of Fortune
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        no, they rarely ban 360 consoles (every november they ban) but they pretty much never ban live accounts. : klearlyunseen
        • All the Halo Reach accounts were banned. This is the first time they actually banned Live accounts relate... : pancake humper
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    Considering that modded consoles have level 0 access, it'd be trivial to edit the MAC address or any uniq... : Link.
    • 360 hacking has moved a bit beyond simple DVD firmware modifications at this point. : aggybong
• As Jeff Goldblum said, "Life finds a way." : Sailor of Fortune
• The only thing that will save Sony is unenthusiastic hackers. They seem to have caused Dark Alex to give... : pigvomit
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  seeing how psp firmware is constantly hacked in a matter of hours, Id say this will follow suit. Hacke... : mavmavv
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    sony should release a firmware with everything unlocked, and trying to unlock it will lock it! : radula
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      its like when bugs bunny says is not instead of is so and yosemite sam says is so : spiderfill
      • duck season Rabbit season! Rabbit Season!!! IT"S DUCK SEASON AND I SAY FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!! : Old_Fart
  • I feel they kicked the hornets nest, when they removed OtherOS. Of course, hindsight is 20/20 on these ... : dextius