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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I did back on PS3 on another account but not ever on this account.

Thanks for answering. Not sure how much it helps right this minute, but apparently Sony is aware of the issue.

 

[ManaByte]

Don’t know if true but here’s this:

 

[Sleepwalker]

So if you get banned do you still have access to your games? If not, yet another reason to avoid buying digital.

No, they are revoked.

 

[SenkiDala]

Not mine, but god damn "we can't provide any more information" lol

That is so fucked up and I'm 99.9% sure that it isn't even legal, in any situation if you're banned you have the right to know why, especially if that ban implies you to lose access to games that you purchased. Hell if that happened to me I literally lose access to hundreds of contents (games and DLCs) that I bought since the PS3 era.

Sony is really doing shit since a couple of years.

To be honest recently I had a 1 week ban from the reward program on Xbox. At first I didn't understand why since I thought I did nothing wrong so I asked them wtf did I do and they told me I used a VPN while making the daily bing researches. Then I remember that yes I activated a VPN (for a reason that has nothing to do with Rewards) and forgot to turn it off when I made the daily points). Anyway what I mean is that even for a shitty reason for a shitty 1 week bad like this MS replied to me and told me what happened. How can Sony PERMABAN you without event the courtesy to tell you what did you do wrong ?

 

[Sushi_Combo]

That is so fucked up and I'm 99.9% sure that it isn't even legal, in any situation if you're banned you have the right to know why, especially if that ban implies you to lose access to games that you purchased. Hell if that happened to me I literally lose access to hundreds of contents (games and DLCs) that I bought since the PS3 era.

Sony is really doing shit since a couple of years.

To be honest recently I had a 1 week ban from the reward program on Xbox. At first I didn't understand why since I thought I did nothing wrong so I asked them wtf did I do and they told me I used a VPN why making the daily bing researches. Then I remember that yes I activated a VPN (for a reason that has nothing to do with Rewards) and forgot to turn it off when I made the daily points). Anyway what I mean is that even for a shitty reason for a shitty 1 week bad like this MS replied to me and told me what happened. How can Sony PERMABAN you without event the courtesy to tell you what did you do wrong ?

You don't have a "right" to know why. Until the government intervenes, these companies can get away with banning you without having to provide evidence.

 

[GHG]

Don’t know if true but here’s this:

I'll accept 10 free games as an apology.

Nothing less.

 

[Portugeezer]

Thanks for answering. Not sure how much it helps right this minute, but apparently Sony is aware of the issue.

Don’t know if true but here’s this:

The quicker they're aware, the quicker they can resolve it.

 

[Fake]

Looks like is a breach. Some folks are receiving email with multiple logins attempts at the same instance.

 

[Sleepwalker]

That is so fucked up and I'm 99.9% sure that it isn't even legal, in any situation if you're banned you have the right to know why, especially if that ban implies you to lose access to games that you purchased. Hell if that happened to me I literally lose access to hundreds of contents (games and DLCs) that I bought since the PS3 era.

Sony is really doing shit since a couple of years.

To be honest recently I had a 1 week ban from the reward program on Xbox. At first I didn't understand why since I thought I did nothing wrong so I asked them wtf did I do and they told me I used a VPN why making the daily bing researches. Then I remember that yes I activated a VPN (for a reason that has nothing to do with Rewards) and forgot to turn it off when I made the daily points). Anyway what I mean is that even for a shitty reason for a shitty 1 week bad like this MS replied to me and told me what happened. How can Sony PERMABAN you without event the courtesy to tell you what did you do wrong ?

My xbox account got permabanned and I had no idea why, cs wouldn't say why, they told me to appeal the ban to find out why, so I did. The answer was "terms violation" and they removed my right to appeal lol. Revoked all my library, thank fuck it was small.

Fuck the digital future.

 

[SenkiDala]

You don't have a "right" to know why. Until the government intervenes, these companies can get away with banning you without having to provide evidence.

I'm talking about a "moral" right. And in EU things are not that easy, companies are not free to do whatever they want.

 

[ManaByte]

My xbox account got permabanned and I had no idea why

 

[GHG]

Looks like is a breach. Some folks are receiving email with multiple logins at the same instance.

Could be linked to that security issue that was reported a few weeks ago?

Changing the password again just in case.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

I'm talking about a "moral" right. And in EU things are not that easy, companies are not free to do whatever they want.

Companies don't operate on morality. It would be nice to see more regulation but that's only if enough people make noise.

 

[adamsapple]

I'll accept 10 free games as an apology.

Nothing less.

PSN: "Best we can do is Life of Black Tiger"

 

[Fake]

Could be linked to that security issue that was reported a few weeks ago?

Changing the password again just in case.

Maybe. IDK if this have anything related to the GTA6 trailer leak, maybe via playstation network, but some folks are saying that changing the password fix the login attempts.

 

[SenkiDala]

My xbox account got permabanned and I had no idea why, cs wouldn't say why, they told me to appeal the ban to find out why, so I did. The answer was "terms violation" and they removed my right to appeal lol. Revoked all my library, thank fuck it was small.

Fuck the digital future.

That's fucked up, I cannot imagine being in such situation. In EU / France we have rules and laws that prevent shits like this to happen but yes I guess it is not 100% secure.

With that "all digital future" laws regarding those kind of issues need to change.

Imagine having men from Sony/MS ringing at your house coming in, taking all your PS/Xbox games from your shelves, without telling you wtf is happening and then leaving, that is unimaginable.

 

[adamsapple]

The lawless days of 360 Uno ..

 

[Sleepwalker]

That's fucked up, I cannot imagine being in such situation. In EU / France we have rules and laws that prevent shits like this to happen but yes I guess it is not 100% secure.

With that "all digital future" laws regarding those kind of issues need to change.

Imagine having men from Sony/MS ringing at your house coming in, taking all your PS/Xbox games from your shelves, without telling you wtf is happening and then leaving, that is unimaginable.

Yeah its crazy they can take your money and remove your content. Even in EA games if you get permabanned you're still able to play the games offline and just lose online features.


Bolded reminded me of this haha:

Magic: The Gathering publisher hires Pinkerton to seize leaked cards from YouTuber’s house

Magic: The Gathering's publisher sent Pinkerton investigators to a YouTube creator's house to seize unreleased cards.

www.dicebreaker.com

 

[phaedrus]

I use the N* word quite liberally online too.

You mean accidentally, like Maximilian Dood?

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

You don't have a "right" to know why. Until the government intervenes, these companies can get away with banning you without having to provide evidence.

Where? In the US?
Because in the EU you have the right to request any personal data a company has on you, this would include the reason they banned you for.

 

[Unknown?]

Looks like is a breach. Some folks are receiving email with multiple logins attempts at the same instance.

Still no emails here... :/ Sounds like it could have been though.

 

[Fake]

Still no emails here... :/ Sounds like it could have been though.

Maybe because your account have being compromisse?

The logins attempts are from the hackers trying to get into the target account.

If you can try to check the login history.

 

[Unknown?]

Maybe because your account have being compromisse?

The logins attempts are from the hackers trying to get into the target account.

If you can try to check the login history.

I have 2 factor set up though and no notifications except when I tried to sign in.

 

[DavJay]

Might be chargebacks. Sony or most companies for that matter treat that as fraud and will automatically ban you.

 

[rkofan87]

no psn ban for me.

 

[tommycronin]

Jimbo isn't leaving without sticking it to ye cunts it seems.

 

[Fake]

I have 2 factor set up though and no notifications except when I tried to sign in.

I read some reddit posts and the 2F-check is the reason the breach is open to begin with.

 

[rkofan87]

Might be chargebacks. Sony or most companies for that matter treat that as fraud and will automatically ban you.

this some chargebacks can come out of the blue sadly.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I read some reddit posts and the 2F-check is the reason the breach is open to begin with.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Jimbo isn't leaving without sticking it to ye cunts it seems.

He got the list of all the ps users that also have gamepass, then hit the red button.

 

[ManaByte]

Some people are saying they’re getting banned when opening the PS app. Others are being disconnected in SP games.

 

[adamsapple]

I read some reddit posts and the 2F-check is the reason the breach is open to begin with.

The F in 2F stands for Fuck 'em, after all.

Edit: not banned. The power of Spencer protects me.

 

[vodka-bull]

That is so fucked up and I'm 99.9% sure that it isn't even legal, in any situation if you're banned you have the right to know why, especially if that ban implies you to lose access to games that you purchased. Hell if that happened to me I literally lose access to hundreds of contents (games and DLCs) that I bought since the PS3 era.

Sony is really doing shit since a couple of years.

To be honest recently I had a 1 week ban from the reward program on Xbox. At first I didn't understand why since I thought I did nothing wrong so I asked them wtf did I do and they told me I used a VPN while making the daily bing researches. Then I remember that yes I activated a VPN (for a reason that has nothing to do with Rewards) and forgot to turn it off when I made the daily points). Anyway what I mean is that even for a shitty reason for a shitty 1 week bad like this MS replied to me and told me what happened. How can Sony PERMABAN you without event the courtesy to tell you what did you do wrong ?

If it happened to me I‘d instantly become a pirate. Fuck that shit, first paying thousands of dollars for their games and then getting banned for no reason? Yeah, that‘ll definitely teach me a lesson to never again purchase something digitally.

 

[ManaByte]

Looks like a bunch of people on Era got banned.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Looks like a bunch of people on Era got banned.

 

[Unknown?]

Looks like a bunch of people on Era got banned.

Uh oh! They've been outed, now their peers know they play PS.

 

[mitch1971]

PSN: "Best we can do is Life of Black Tiger"

 

[kiphalfton]

Looks like a bunch of people on Era got banned.

Well at least some good can come of this.

 

[stn]

I had this happen a few years ago to a PSN account I didn't use for a long time. Turns out someone hacked it and tried to pull some shady crap, so Sony permabanned it. Anyway, the good news is I actually did get the account back and the permaban removed. I did it through the PS chat support. Sounds like I got lucky back in the day.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Well at least some good can come of this.

 

[BiohazardX95]

 

[-Zelda-]

Skynet is taking over.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Where? In the US?
Because in the EU you have the right to request any personal data a company has on you, this would include the reason they banned you for.

Request for data is a function available for supported Countries. Requesting data to specify the reason of a perma ban is not. If that's the case I'd love to see that provision in the European Tos.

 

[bender]

I'll accept 10 free games as an apology.

Nothing less.

You'll get Knack, Knack 2 and the next eight Knack sequels once they release.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Request for data is a function available for supported Countries.

....didn't I just say EU? It's EU law.

Requesting data to specify the reason of a perma ban is not.

Yes it is because it is relevant to the processing of your personal data, the only reason your account can be banned is because you give them permission to process your data so you can have an account in the first place; any kind of directed processing of that data needs to be logged and be able to be turned over when requested.

If that's the case I'd love to see that provision in the European Tos.

Lol, TOS? You think GDPR gives a shit about a TOS? You can't circumvent what is law with a terms of service, all of your personal data, and how it's been processed needs to be handed over when requested.

 

[Unknown?]

If this doesn't get resolved, I'll never buy digital again.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

....didn't I just say EU? It's EU law.

Yes it is because it is relevant to the processing of your personal data, the only reason your account can be banned is because you give them permission to process your data so you can have an account in the first place; any kind of directed processing of that data needs to be logged and be able to be turned over when requested.

Lol, TOS? You think GDPR gives a shit about a TOS? You can't circumvent what is law with a terms of service, all of your personal data, and how it's been processed needs to be handed over when requested.

You still haven't provided any tangible evidence of this. I've not seen Sony/Microsoft go into specifics for console or account bans.

 

[CitizenKratos]

This happened to me. I can’t play any downloaded games.

Edit. First I got a request to sign in with my phone. I took the picture which brought me to the PS App. I was then asked to change my PW which I did. I was then permabanned.

 

[adamsapple]

This happened to me. I can’t play any downloaded games.

huh?

Online only game? I don't see how a ban can stop you from playing your offline downloaded games.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

You still haven't provided any tangible evidence of this.

I haven't provided any tangible evidence of...GDPR?

I've not seen Sony go into specifics for console or account bans.

They don't have to go into deep specifics, but they have to hand over your data and if it's logged it will be in the data request, they might use some internal codes that might not be helpful, or it could say the reason verbatim.