Your console sending infomation back to HQ? I think it's already been done by Microsoft. I believe Halo 2 had a hidden surprise in it.
This story doesn't really have anything to do with the Playstation 3, rootkit technology doesn't really apply to consoles. DRM technology has been sending infomation back for years, Photoshop 7 (I think it was 7) did it.
The story is news because a) it's a rootkit, used to be invisible to conventional scanners, b) they didn't ask if they could install it (no where in the EULA does it say that you're going to install software, and the install is invisible, c) it has been exploited by hackers developing trojans because it was badly written, d) there are some bugs that make it impossible uninstall and has caused Windows to not detect a CD Drive.
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