New theft protection for your DS/PSP

Ok so when the bastard who steals your PSP/DS see that it's bricked, he's going to call you and arrange to return it to you?

MORONIC waste of money

You can run with a PSP in your pocket? I didn't know anyone was that bold.

Ok, but what happens if you break your leg, or are wearing new shoes that fuck your feet up, and you walk differently... does that mean you can't play your DS/PSP when you decided to sit down and take the weight off your broken leg / sore feet...


Silly silly idea... they just need to give the bloody thing biometric finger scanners...

First question when setting up the software... "Do you dress with your DS right or left?"

I'm familiar with using gait analysis to identify people, but I'm not so sure how well it would work using a mesurement taking by a device with random orientations that isn't always in the same relative area of the body.

Plus, imagine how much it would suck if you can't play your portable because you broke your leg...just when you need it most. Of course, unlikely since there's probably a way to reset it. This means...

"Ok so when the bastard who steals your PSP/DS see that it's bricked, he's going to call you and arrange to return it to you?"

Well, grand schemes such as this depend on the system becoming ubiquitous. If almost *every* device had it, the system could become a deterrent to black market sales and reduce the amount of thefts (assuming no one could hack/crack/reset the system). Pie in the sky...

Well, what about a friend that is borrowing it or say carrying it with them and wants to play it?

Does this device now not allow friends, relatives or anyone else for that matter play the PSP/DS anymore?

So what happens, if you have a limp because of an accident, when you first get the device, then, when you heal, you no longer limp 0_0

there's a ton of reasons we will never see this...what if it's in your backpack one day, in your pocket the next? What if your friend borrows it? Running to catch a plane? Broken leg? Limp? Joyfully skipping down the street? Nice thought, impossible to implement

I recently got the cast off of my cracked ankle. Screw this :P. And I just got my free pink Kirby stylus!

this is a crazt idea they are all right