• FireWire400@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Wow, thanks Sony. Still being cunts about copyright I see; nothing has changed since the SecuROM/XCP days…

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      2 months ago

      Your system experienced an unexpected error. Please reboot your computer. Thank you, the peeps at Sony (™️)

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      2 months ago

      This is unexpected, given that Sony had a really great support for allowing bootloader unlock and support for AOSP. Till today you could flash Jolla’s SailfishOS on their devices.

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        2 months ago

        Probably has more to do with the fact that GrapheneOS doesn’t implement age verification thinking about it, I’m still gonna hold a grudge about SecuROM and XCP though

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        2 months ago

        Till today you could flash Jolla’s SailfishOS on their devices.

        Pretty sure that’s still possible. I mean this whole post is about someone flashing an alternative ROM to their Sony device.

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      2 months ago

      I swear I haven’t bought anything Sony since that happened. There are just betrayals that go too far to ever be forgiven.

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        2 months ago

        To be completely honest with you, Sony hasn’t released an interesting product in about 20 years anyway

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          2 months ago

          Their OLED TVs have the best upscaling tech and I am glad they still support 4K Blu-rays because physical media is important to me. Otherwise most of their products have better alternatives.

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    2 months ago

    Hang on. You can’t play games on a PlayStation without giving your ID?

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      2 months ago

      I know its a whole thing about GTA6 requiring ID but unsure if its rumors or what

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    2 months ago

    All these scumbag companies are making it easier and easier for me to avoid their products.

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    2 months ago

    I guess the time to sell my PS5 is fast approaching. Let’s see if Sony says anything about this. Either way, the moment my console asks me to verify my age, it’s getting sold.

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    2 months ago

    I’m not sure there’s a direct connection to Sony here (I use a Sony phone and am thus interested in this).

    The initial post of the linked Forum thread does not make any connection. The accompanying reddit thread makes the claim that “PlayStation/Sony recently introduced a company called Yoti for age verification” but Sony is not mentioned on Yoti’s wikipedia.

    What I am reading in the screenshots is pretty fucked up though.

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      2 months ago

      Even the screenshots have the odor of bullshit. This particular community loves to play the paranoid victim, which is unfortunate.

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        This particular community loves to play the paranoid victim, which is unfortunate.

        I agree, but Sony literally helped invent DRM. Sony went all-in on “fuck you” to their customers back when we all adored them for the Walkman.

        And it feels like they have only rarely done better, since then, after exhausting all other options.

        So I agree - we do jump there too quick.

        But when we are discussing Sony, the ire is valid anyway.

        Everyone at Sony can go fuck themselves - today, yesterday and just generally.

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    I did not know what Yoti was doing.

    Our proprietary suite of AI services include NIST-evaluated passive liveness, facial recognition, as well as our patented SICAP injection attack detection tool.

    Can’t say I am surprised.

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    2 months ago

    How is Sony connected to this? I only see references to the Yeti and Graphite OSs. (Misspelled because some commenters say they can’t say the name of an Os for some reason?)

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    Ok, the authorities can try to unlock my phone to look for evidence HAHAHA

    What? They just used my thumb without consent?

    Because GrapheneOS only lets you use PIN or Fingerprint?

    Because they think pattern is not secure?

    Well, shit.

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      You can set up 2fa unlock now.

      After fingerprint, I put in a PIN.

      If that’s not enough, you can always just require a full password unlock instead.