Wow, thanks Sony. Still being cunts about copyright I see; nothing has changed since the SecuROM/XCP days...
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2026
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I swear I haven't bought anything Sony since that happened. There are just betrayals that go too far to ever be forgiven.
To be completely honest with you, Sony hasn't released an interesting product in about 20 years anyway
Sony makes some of the best full frame cameras on the market. Granted it’ll cost you like $6k but Sony still makes some really good tech. I do not own a Sony products btw. In regards to cameras, I’m using Fujifilm, but they aren’t even close to Sony tech wise.
I thought so too but recently I actually met a professional photographer who works in marketing, and he told me that Sony cameras produced terrible colours across the board and recommended I go with Canon instead.
I've got no experience with either brands so no idea, my go-to was always Nikon.
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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.
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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The peeps at Sony (™️)
All these scumbag companies are making it easier and easier for me to avoid their products.
I've pretty much gone back to my 2000s era mindset of "I don't need a smart phone when I have PCs in front of me at work and at home."
But really it's more like I already have an old smart phone but hate using it and never want to have to upgrade. We'll see what Motorola can make happen.
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Wow that's pretty fucked.
After going through the linked threads. Discussing graphene OS or any other ROM on r/privacy will get you banned. WTF‽
Because the person who makes it gets touchy on some things and started drama with someone or doxxed them or whatever type deal. It’s not like you can’t talk about it you just can’t use the word because he was going through and being weird about conversations about it. It’s nothing against him or them it’s just one of those developers being a unique type of person - which makes sense in the hyper privacy space.
He's certainly "unique".
I feel like he only gets away with it because people find the Dev of a privacy OS being incredibly paranoid somewhat reassuring...
He gets away with it because he makes a high quality OS that people want to use. I don't see it as much worse than e.g. using Linux when Torvalds is kind of an asshole.
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Not unexpected from Sony. Just don't buy their shit please.
Oh, looks like they don't like people owning the stuff Sony makes. I know a way to solve that issue.
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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.
So you need to do a face ID to play games in PlayStation in some countries now??? WTF
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Hang on. You can't play games on a PlayStation without giving your ID?
I know its a whole thing about GTA6 requiring ID but unsure if its rumors or what
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.
So just Yoti reporting users to authorities for using Grapheneos, got it.
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OK, ty , exit Sony
Let's end this bullshit once and for all, and go FOSS.
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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Reported for being awesome.
csrrying 2 phones is the way to go imho. One for these stupid apps and the other for your personal data. So its like the work / personal phone setup but instead we have private / non -private phone.
Dunno why I never considered that. A VPN over wifi on one, for banking and whatever... and then my phone. Hell, I used to carry an MP3 player, flip phone, and a camera if the time called for it. Making me feel like I lost my way lol, appreciate the succinct tip
Edit: smacking my head cause I literally have to carry two phones at work, as is. Why tf have I never considered this as an option for myself, even when I knew it was optional? Damn man, gonna grab me a phone for personal use and put this one to (for) work. Thanks again my friend
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Sonytch
For an in-depth technical breakdown and why GrapheneOS cannot bypass Google Play Integrity check even with it's Play Services Sandbox mode, check here: https://thecybersecguru.com/news/yoti-grapheneos-sony-playstation-age-verification/
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I am not going to ever buy Sony/Yoti devices now.
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?)
TLDR; Playstation uses Yoti fot age verification
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1txn8di/did_i_just_got_threatened_by_yoti_age/
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