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PSA: Set your messages to private on PS4 (glitched message can lock up your PS4)
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Thanks for the heads up, changed my message from "anyone" to "friends only" for now. I hardly ever get messages from strangers, but better to be safe than sorry.
If you have alternate accounts, don't forget to change the settings for that one too. I noticed an uptick in PSN spam messages this year, and it's super annoying.
Can't believe phishing scams and the like are on PSN/XBL. :(
Can't believe phishing scams and the like are on PSN/XBL. :(
No kidding. My messaging has been set to friends only for years now. Playing GTA Online for any amount of time is an invitation for filthiest of hate messages as well.
Mass spam on PSN popped up immediately after friends list and messaging became accessible via PC web browser (and mobile app as well, though less spread).
Wonder if a message stability update is hitting us later today.
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I get harassed on R6 alot so I did what I needed to prevent it. But I'm straight up just not going to play.
If this is indeed a malformed message attack, then this should be fixable at the server without needing a firmware update.
Oh oh, I see. So it really is a serious thing.
didnt this exact same thing with glitched messages happen with one of the consoles back last gen (i think it was the 360)? how the hell is this still a thing
WTF? Shit. That makes it 10x worse since you might assume someone was sending a friend request when you played BO4 or some other MP game.
Yeah, but it's just insane how bad it is. I get a ton of user created groups that include me wherein I'm offered PSN cards or some other shit. I originally didn't have my PSN PMs private since I used to communicate with other PSN people. Now I can't even do that without fear of someone messing up my console.
Double checked mine, had a feeling I was already set to private because a year or so ago I was getting a lot of spam messages,l advertising a bunch of shit like cheap games/cd keys, sex chat, etc.
I read a lot of SCPs in bed before going to sleep and that was one of the only ones that I've regretted doing that for. Well done.
Good to see all that money Sony charges for multiplayer going to good use.
What a ridiculous situation.
What a ridiculous situation.
I only have a meme picture my friend sent me, but apparently it's the symbol configuration on the right:
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Had to set everything to private after Sony let people start forcing you into spam message groups without actually being your friend, the PS4 social features have become an utter cess pit of "freepsncodestotallynotavirus.tk" bots. You'd think adding a filtering/limiting option that sits in the mid-ground between "send me everything from everyone!" and "I never want to be contacted by any random person ever again" would be an idea, but ho hum.
Any update on this? (Sat 9:58pm EST) October 13
Checking here and the reddit thread. I pug on d2 and this has pretty much killed my ability to do group activities.
Checking here and the reddit thread. I pug on d2 and this has pretty much killed my ability to do group activities.
The more people aware of this glitch, the more people would use it to troll and screw others' lives.
If you play PvP games you are at risk to trolls - I mean its not permanent but imagine if you DONT know whats going on or how to fix it.
Hope this gets patched sharpish and that everyone who exploited it swiftly gets permenantly banned.
It seems the fix is relatively easy and takes a few minutes. Just need to reboot in safe mode and rebuild database apparently; which doesn't make you lose any data so don't worry.
It could just be a normal message you received, we have no idea how widespread this is yet.
It seems the fix is relatively easy and takes a few minutes. Just need to reboot in safe mode and rebuild database apparently; which doesn't make you lose any data so don't worry.
It could just be a normal message you received, we have no idea how widespread this is yet.
Surprise, surprise, complex systems are still the product of thousands of man-hours of work by teams of hundreds, not some sparkly package descending from heaven in all its glory when a company fills out a research progress bar.
For every disastrously broken problem that makes it out live, probably hundreds were squashed.
Like the person who ruined Danganrompa 2s traitor for me on Reddit when I was asking a basic question about the game. Thanks again if you are on Era here too.
http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1875
Make sure you are signed in before reading it. You can log-in or create an account in the top right corner of the page. Don't forget to unpack the "+" links as you go through the page.
Ok, guys, there's some conflicting info here, some say you need to factory reset to fix this, some say restoring database is enough. Which one is it now? Pretty big difference between these two options.
Try the simplest fix first? Delete the message via the PS message app on mobile, rebuild database, try logging in again.
If it doesn't work, move onto the next. Simple stuff.
yeah, you can go to https://my.playstation.com/whatsnew
On the top right corner of the screen you will see the messages symbol. From there you can select a specific person and then "leave this group" which will erase all of the messages sent by that person to you.