Sony Patents DNA Tracking

[jalaneme]

LOL that comic is hilarious XD

 

[Guild McCommunist]

LOL that comic is hilarious XD

The only time a CAD comic is funny is when it involves miscarriages.

Also I find it funny that people are willing to put their credit card, username, address, password, everything else on a server but our DNA (which is practically useless to anyone who doesn't live in a mountain laboratory with a death ray)? THAT'S ONE BRIDGE TOO FAR.

 

[The Catboy]

LOL that comic is hilarious XD

The only time a CAD comic is funny is when it involves miscarriages.

Also I find it funny that people are willing to put their credit card, username, address, password, everything else on a server but our DNA (which is practically useless to anyone who doesn't live in a mountain laboratory with a death ray)? THAT'S ONE BRIDGE TOO FAR.

That's because it is going overboard. I am buying a video game, not signing up for a government job.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

That's because it is going overboard. I am buying a video game, not signing up for a government job.

This technology isn't even out yet (nor is there any indication it will be out) and it's completely optional.

 

[The Catboy]

That's because it is going overboard. I am buying a video game, not signing up for a government job.

This technology isn't even out yet (nor is there any indication it will be out) and it's completely optional.

Optional or not, it's still unnecessary and still rather extreme.

 

[Rizsparky]

I dont mind this technology in my sony products, but what if the DNA data is stolen or misplaced?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

That's because it is going overboard. I am buying a video game, not signing up for a government job.

This technology isn't even out yet (nor is there any indication it will be out) and it's completely optional.

Optional or not, it's still unnecessary and still rather extreme.

But why is this a step too far but giving everything from your place of residence to your credit card number is fine? It can be used in some really neat ways. Imagine a handheld that only responds to your touch? A console that configures to your settings as soon as you pick up the controller? Being able to log in to a device with a simple fingerprint? Well I think there's a few laptops that use fingerprint scanning as an optional log in but it seems rather cool.

I dont mind this technology in my sony products, but what if the DNA data is stolen or misplaced?

What would someone do with a digital record of your DNA? It's not like you jerked off in a cup and gave them a blood sample to frame you for several prostitute murders across the American midwest.

 

[Foxi4]

Also I find it funny that people are willing to put their credit card, username, address, password, everything else on a server but our DNA (which is practically useless to anyone who doesn't live in a mountain laboratory with a death ray)? THAT'S ONE BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Agreed. DNA sequences are useless to the average folk, I'm glad someone gets it.

 

[The Catboy]

That's because it is going overboard. I am buying a video game, not signing up for a government job.

This technology isn't even out yet (nor is there any indication it will be out) and it's completely optional.

Optional or not, it's still unnecessary and still rather extreme.

But why is this a step too far but giving everything from your place of residence to your credit card number is fine? It can be used in some really neat ways. Imagine a handheld that only responds to your touch? A console that configures to your settings as soon as you pick up the controller? Being able to log in to a device with a simple fingerprint? Well I think there's a few laptops that use fingerprint scanning as an optional log in but it seems rather cool.

Now I can't test out a system at my friend's house or share my system with others in my household. Sure they can add the feature where we can have multiple accounts, but then that ruins the whole point behind adding the DNA feature.
I honestly think it's a bad idea for any company to add this feature to any of their products.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Now I can't test out a system at my friend's house or share my system with others in my household. Sure they can add the feature where we can have multiple accounts, but then that ruins the whole point behind adding the DNA feature.
I honestly think it's a bad idea for any company to add this feature to any of their products.

Reasonably a fingerprint would be like a "password" of sorts. Your friend would just put his in or he could allow others to access it.

 

[The Catboy]

Reasonably a fingerprint would be like a "password" of sorts. Your friend would just put his in or he could allow others to access it.

I still see no point to this. It's just unnecessary for something as simple as playing a video game or logging into a computer. I never cared for fingerprint scanners on laptops either.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

LOL that comic is hilarious XD

The only time a CAD comic is funny is when it involves miscarriages.

Also I find it funny that people are willing to put their credit card, username, address, password, everything else on a server but our DNA (which is practically useless to anyone who doesn't live in a mountain laboratory with a death ray)? THAT'S ONE BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Everything you just listed can be changed. As far we know, DNA cannot be greatly altered by human influence.

 

[Clarky]

My take on it, while Guild has made a good enough point that you should have your profile set up straight away after logging on (not that we don't have those kind of options in this day and age already) the kind of Sony I know if this was to ever be used in a PS would be used to promote these fear mongering ideas of when you buy a game in the future it is locked to your account etc getting rid of the resale value and killing the second hand market. As catboy has said though, is this is for a PS it seems extreme to use DNA and put it on an internet database, when ideally it will be for a local machine. Still it is early days yet so I'm on the fence about the whole idea

 

[Gahars]

Could be worse... they could force you to use the Get Smart approach.

 

[TheDarkSeed]

(way)Later on down the line, there might be a few exploits developed and that's what I think makes some people uneasy about this. And I don't think you can change your password when using DNA tracking. Unless you can change your DNA at will.

 

[Janthran]

this sounds like a really good idea

 

[Hyro-Sama]

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I believe killing the used game market would be beneficial to a company like Sony.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

this sounds like a really good idea

Just going way out there...if this were to be used at the consumer level, and on new Sony Playstation hardware, Sony at this point would not only be able to lock one game to one console, but they would also be able to lock a console to one person, effectively and completely disabling the resale of (their) consoles. Anyone who wants to play the Playstation X would have to buy a brand new console.

 

[Clarky]

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I believe killing the used game market would be beneficial to a company like Sony.

aye, but I ain't Sony, just a consumer

 

[Guild McCommunist]

(way)Later on down the line, there might be a few exploits developed and that's what I think makes some people uneasy about this. And I don't think you can change your password when using DNA tracking. Unless you can change your DNA at will.

If there comes a point when human DNA becomes so absolutely vital that it makes people uneasy about it then I don't even know if Sony will be around by that time.

And why would you need to "change your password" if DNA is your password? There's only one you. If someone wanted to go through such extensive lengths to get your DNA and fingerprints just to crack your account on a video game console then they're trying way too hard.