Just like how he Escapist doesn't watch anything else you do, Nintendo is literally UNABLE to moniter your non 3ds related activities.RhombusHatesYou said:
3DS is Watching You: Activity-Logging and Anti-Piracy Features
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I can see it now, a third party skin for the 3DS, that houses a Faraday cage inside it.
Actually, that's not such a bad idea... *Goes to patent*
Actually, that's not such a bad idea... *Goes to patent*
As long as they don't share the pedometer data i really don't care. I hate to use the 'I have nothing to hide' defense but in this case it fits. If you are not pirating then there is no reason to be scared of this thing.
If you don;t want your stuff connecting then open it up and take out the battery or disable the wifi if your techno-savy.
If you don;t want your stuff connecting then open it up and take out the battery or disable the wifi if your techno-savy.
How do you know The 'Pist doesn't watch me masturbate? I could be sending them weekly compilation videos.theheroofaction said:
Yeah, it's not like Steam, XBox Live, or the PS3 do the same thing or anything...Double A said:
This is why we can't have nice things. People had to pirate the DS, and now we can never turn our Wifi off. How do we play on planes now?
Umm...the one thing I am wondering about...and perhaps I have some misconceptions about what homebrew specifically entails...
Piracy aside, there have been the "jailbreaking" of systems to play homebrew games, which is still technically illegal (maybe?) and, more to the point, would probably cause your 3DS to be bricked. I have issues with piracy just because I can sympathize with game devs who probably don't make a ton of money as it is. And I personally don't have a lot of problems with this sort of system except I think that once you purchase something you should be able to do whatever you want with it.
So I think the question of whether a "homebrew-enabled" system would get bricked would help definitively decide whether this truly bothers me or not.
/total lack of expertise
Piracy aside, there have been the "jailbreaking" of systems to play homebrew games, which is still technically illegal (maybe?) and, more to the point, would probably cause your 3DS to be bricked. I have issues with piracy just because I can sympathize with game devs who probably don't make a ton of money as it is. And I personally don't have a lot of problems with this sort of system except I think that once you purchase something you should be able to do whatever you want with it.
So I think the question of whether a "homebrew-enabled" system would get bricked would help definitively decide whether this truly bothers me or not.
/total lack of expertise
Well damn, I was interested in the 3DS until I heard this. Mostly just for the Ocarina of Time remake so I probably wouldn't have bought it for the one game, but I was still interested. But if Nintendo are going to leave themselves a little backdoor into the thing so they can turn it off if they feel like it, then I'll take my money to a company that's being less of an asshole about their hardware.
Not that there are many companies left, mind. With Sony's decreeing what you can and can't do with a PS3 after you've bought the thing and most developers putting increasingly annoying DRM systems on PC games, I guess I'm left giving all my money to Valve through Steam. It's not perfect but hey. the least shit system is still better than all the others.
Actually speaking of the PS3, I wonder if the upcomming court case regarding it will affect this. If the courts take the revolutionary step of deciding that youactually own the things that you buy, I guess that would mean Nintento can take their little remote deactivation software and toss it off a cliff? I'm no legal expert, but most people would agree that Nintendo sending a large man round to your house to smash your 3DS with a baseball bat would be pretty uncool, whether or not you pirate stuff on it. So if you legaly own the thing after Sony's lawsuit, I guess that Nintendo can't send their biggest meanest computer to shut it down wirelessly either?
Not that there are many companies left, mind. With Sony's decreeing what you can and can't do with a PS3 after you've bought the thing and most developers putting increasingly annoying DRM systems on PC games, I guess I'm left giving all my money to Valve through Steam. It's not perfect but hey. the least shit system is still better than all the others.
Actually speaking of the PS3, I wonder if the upcomming court case regarding it will affect this. If the courts take the revolutionary step of deciding that youactually own the things that you buy, I guess that would mean Nintento can take their little remote deactivation software and toss it off a cliff? I'm no legal expert, but most people would agree that Nintendo sending a large man round to your house to smash your 3DS with a baseball bat would be pretty uncool, whether or not you pirate stuff on it. So if you legaly own the thing after Sony's lawsuit, I guess that Nintendo can't send their biggest meanest computer to shut it down wirelessly either?
So Nintendo can disable your system if you're using it to commit crimes (piracy is, technically and legally, a crime, after all). That sounds acceptable. There also seems to be an easy solution: Don't pirate games.
And as far as false positives ruining your system goes, maybe I'm biased from experience, but I've almost never had a problem with a Nintendo game or console, and whenever I have, I've invariably found a solution through their customer service. I've never had the slightest problem with them. I doubt very much that we'll see a rash of 3DSes spontaneously committing suicide.
I'm not overly fond of a system that can't not be online, but that's because I'm a borderline hermit. It's not a deal-breaker (or a deal-maker, for that matter).
And as far as false positives ruining your system goes, maybe I'm biased from experience, but I've almost never had a problem with a Nintendo game or console, and whenever I have, I've invariably found a solution through their customer service. I've never had the slightest problem with them. I doubt very much that we'll see a rash of 3DSes spontaneously committing suicide.
I'm not overly fond of a system that can't not be online, but that's because I'm a borderline hermit. It's not a deal-breaker (or a deal-maker, for that matter).
