Dumb And Dumber
by John on Mar.29, 2010, under Main Stuff
Dumb: Sony is removing the “Install another OS” functionality of older PS3s as of a firmware patch this Thursday. The intended goal of this is to reduce piracy, but in point of fact it will only serve to have the machine’s primary OS (the XMB) hacked that much faster… because the majority of the hacking community has said that the presence of the more easily-exploitable other OS feature has discouraged hacking attempts on the native OS. I give it about another six months, folks.
Dumber: Some waste of genetic material in Florida decided it would be a good idea to show off that he could hack Xbox Live by defacing Major Nelson’s account. While he was at PAX East. Bear in mind: MN works for MS, and has, on a weekly basis, the head of XBL’s Policy Enforcement division on his show. The individual involved thought it would be a good way to drum up business for those seeking revenge. Instead he found his address and contact information disseminated by people far smarter than him (read: roughly 85% of the human population) and is probably going to have a nice little wake-up call this morning.
Later, folks.
