PlayStation banned from Swedish prisons
by Peter Rojas 
{ Aug 13th 2004 at 12:04PM }
They must have some pretty l337 h@x0rs in the prisons over there because the Swedish Prison and Probation Service
has elected to ban all PlayStations from cells because of fears they can be converted into devices for "making wireless
communication" (we're guessing all coconut-radio style like the Professor from Gilligan's Island or
something).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
The Butterfly Guy @ Dec 18th 2005 9:50PM
Perhaps the Swedish organizations understand the power of technology when it comes to space age gadgets.
Jacob @ Dec 18th 2005 9:50PM
I don't know what is more suprising, that they banned it, or that they had them in the first place. Maybe I should go on a crime spree just in time for PLaystation 3?
Bill @ Dec 18th 2005 9:50PM
I don't think they'd have to be that "1337" -- the PS2 Linux kit makes for a pretty simple conversion of the PS2 into a linux box, capable of adding any number of wireless devices through the USB ports. Of course, they'd have to be 1337 to smuggle in a USB keyboard in their a55.