SBORPS Random Fact 07

Beware of future fw updates, SCE are starting to make activity logs.

New registry categories/keys stored in flash1 registry (6.xx fw):

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  1. /DATA/COUNT/boot_count (number of times booted)
  2. /DATA/COUNT/game_exec_count (number of games run)
  3. /DATA/COUNT/slide_count (number of times slide open, for the GO only)
  4. /DATA/COUNT/usb_connect_count (number of times you connect usb)
  5. /DATA/COUNT/wifi_connect_count (number of times you connect wifi)
  6. /DATA/COUNT/psn_access_count (number of times you logon psn)

These new registry keys can still be accessed via the sceReg API, sceRegOpenCategory/sceRegGetKeyValue etc.

What other things will they be tracking in future updates? Maybe logging ISO games? Secretly ‘phoning-home’ with this info? Was any of this mentioned in the EULA?

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3 Responses to “SBORPS Random Fact 07”

  1. phobox Says:
    November 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    are these values only set or are they also read?
    in this case, what does the system software do with these values?

  2. silverspring Says:
    November 29th, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    I have no idea what the firmware does with these values. I assume it’s part of some data collection scheme. I guess it’s just a way for SCE to log some usage data.

  3. DarkFader Says:
    January 19th, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    Did they get this idea from Microsoft?:)
    The data logged doesn’t seem useful for detecting illegal activities though (except when you reset the values to 0). Seems like a waste of flash cycles to me.s

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