[Nicolas19]

30 - 5 – 2012
New packaging for True Blue incorporating security measures and an updated picture identification reference for clones

Due to the recent emergence of clones we are introducing a new packaging system and a security sticker on the dongle itself to help ensure customers receive original True Blue dongles.

Firstly, a new blister pack with a label over the blister will be introduced, as shown below. This provides several measures for the user to identify if the True Blue device received is likely to be original. Note the unique security patterns in silver which are difficult to counterfeit, due to the colour variations on the background colours, materials used and complexity of the pattern itself. If the label appears to be stretched or appears to have been used before, then careful attention should be paid to the security sticker on the dongle itself.

The security sticker adhered to the dongle itself (shown below), partially covering the cap will provide the user with an indication of whether or not the dongle has been tampered with before delivery. Therefore, if the portion of the sticker covering the dongle cap has been broken, then it is possible that the dongle may have been tampered with. If this is the case, please use the TrueBlue 2.7 firmware as a means to check the authenticity of the dongle. If the word clone appears in the PS3 XMB where the TrueBlue 2.7 version number is stated, then you should contact your reseller for assistance. Security stickers are designed with a number of security considerations in mind and are very difficult to reproduce exactly. This will aid retailers and end users in determining whether the product received is an original.

Some original True Blue dongles are in the supply chain yet to be sold, which do not have the new packaging. If you receive a True Blue dongle without the new packaging, then simply use the True Blue 2.7 firmware to identify whether or not it is an original. Details can be found on the information page and inside the 2.7 firmware download package on the downloads page.

Finally, we are updating the picture references for users to identify whether their PCB is an original True Blue or a CLONE. We have released several revisions of the True Blue PCB’s which are shown below. The recent CLONE posing as True Blue in a similar casing is also shown below and referenced as CLONE. If you have received one of these clones instead of the original True Blue you ordered, then you should contact the retailer who you purchased it from for a refund.

[Wolfie708]

PMSL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are actually delusional and think they are a real genuinely honest company who has a right to fight Piracy.

[skribblize]

...as the TB price rises now to make up for packaging/security measures....

good god, just make some new eboots already.

[enosrasun]

so now they add security measure ,to fight against piracy ,on a product that is use for piracy????

wow oooooooooooooooo!!! good one ,WTF ,LOL

[Nicolas19]

I Have A Idea For Blocking True Blue
Sony must Make a New Dongle(SonyJB3) And Patching the game Only For SonyJB3 One Day After being the released .
In this case, no one will buy True Blue And True Blue Creators Must Put And Hold Their Dongles in Their A$$.
LOL

[JOshISPoser]

can anyone defend this company? they are the exact flaw with capitalism...
i didn't read the whole article, but i could see every user soon needing to buy a new dongle

[TDMaster]

who cares about their security all we need from them are games fixes ...
lol new security LOL on THEM..

[JOshISPoser]

we need them to go away and stop taking ignorant and selfish people's money. game fixes should fix everyone's games not just people who paid them (TB). i could go buy a game officially and they wouldn't care if i did cause i'm not paying them. they're such bad people and yet people like them cause it only benefits them. man, i could complain like a woman all day about them...

[AchiIIes]

True Blue are nice people. Haters will hate on the work they do. Why shouldn't they be compensated for making a device that makes it possible to play new games that they crack? I don't get why so many people despise them. If there was a way to play latest games without the device, then I would understand. But currently, no one is smart enough or nice enough to release patches that work without a true blue. I'm thinking you're blaming the wrong company and blame Sony for the protection on the overpriced games.

[bigo93]

Originally Posted by AchiIIes True Blue are nice people. Haters will hate on the work they do. Why shouldn't they be compensated for making a device that makes it possible to play new games that they crack? I don't get why so many people despise them. If there was a way to play latest games without the device, then I would understand. But currently, no one is smart enough or nice enough to release patches that work without a true blue. I'm thinking you're blaming the wrong company and blame Sony for the protection on the overpriced games.

Cos most of the work isnt theirs for one.
Why should they be compensated for being hypocrites?