The legal document provided by ICO is heavily redacted, but list failings by the data controller as reasons for the fine’s severity, such as not using the latest security measures. “The data controller knew, or ought to have known, that there was a risk that the contravention would occur unless reasonable steps were taken”. Additionally, ICO complain that, because of Anonymous’ DDoS attacks prior to the hack, Sony should have taken steps to beef up security measures – although, in their defense, Anonymous had no plans to hack the PSN and openly said as much, but Sony certainly should have prepared.
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A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.
I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.
I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons
I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.
Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.
At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath
I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.
Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me
Sony has recruited Bungie's head of revenue Jaremy Rich to head up its live-service gaming division, Rich has announced on social media.
Please do not put Destiny’s monetization into Sony’s first party games. The monetization is what’s driving players away from Destiny.
I mean, this person made some pretty bad decisions at Bungie. I hope they've learned from them because I definitely don't see those type of ideas as good for PlaySation in general.
Ps5 gamers in 2023 seemed to play more live service types of games, so regardless to how people feel about them, numbers don’t lie and Sony is going where the money is. I mean look at the excitement around Helldivers2, people are showing that they want live service games.
How do you kill a franchise that already been killed?
Destiny’s grind, cash-in-on-playbass-cha-Ching, and pop-culture-insertion mainstream-me-too bs totally killed any rep Bungie had. Sony/Bungie, if you are doing this to ward-off players, it’s already working.
Worrying if true, but I think Sony were too busy concentrating on the DDoS attacks to focus on the PSN side at the time
"ICO admits that “there is no evidence that the encrypted payment card details were accessed” and says they have received no complaints or reports of harm from the personal data lost and don’t think it was used by the hackers. "
Then I am unsure how they can fine and says what they said. I mean they admit themselves there is no evidence of details stolen. Also the fine is only half a million
If I was Sony I would appeal. I am not sure how ICO can say details were compromised if they admit there is no evidence to support this
Probably outsourced to India. They never read the code and had no idea it was garbage.
Good to see action over this. Hopefully it sends a clear message that any risk to security details is totally unacceptable!
I thought this was going to be about ICO the game, like as in, the one by the guys that did Shadow of the Colossus. :(