We've already established that PSPs will reduce children to tears. Now we learn that they'll get you in trouble with homeland security, as well.

Blogger Robert A. relates that he was simply sitting in his car, "pleasuring himself to a round of Tekken" (I wish I made that up) when he got hassled by angry cops who thought he was a terrorist.

He immediately yelled (not politely) at me and forced me to put my hands in the air, step outside the car, and place both hands on the side of the car. He then proceded to pat me down and handcuff me from behind, and then asked me to sit down on the curb. He peeked inside my car, with flashlight in hand, and thoroughly searched my car (lucky I didn't have my 6-pack next to me, as I originally planned to bring along). He picked up my PSP as evidence of "unusual behavior" and left to his car. There, I would assume, he traced my tags, performed a background check, and called in an additional police cruiser. He came out, and by now, the second cruiser had arrived with two additional men; they all came towards me. I was deeply interrogated.

The article unfortunately reads like a republican 14-year-old's essay on the political climate, and ends How safe are we? Could the PSP pose as a tool for the next generation of hacking? Is this potential one of the things that Sony is trying to protect us from by pressing firmware updates, and, eliminating the ability to run homebrew? Is the PSP really a toy? Give me a large break. Eliza Gauger

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