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PlayStation 3 security finally cracking?
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 22 January, 2010
I don't generally like to post articles on claims about console hacking. Over the past few years, the PS3 and Xbox 360 have been subject to numerous hoaxes. In the Xbox 360 case, there were several that turned out to be true (esp. of late), but so many others that didn't. For the PlayStation 3, there has been a lot of claims made and not a lot that has come from them (that's just good security, ... [ read the full article ]
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biglo30
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22. January 2010 @ 20:34 |
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Wow 3 years and someones finally cracked it, cant wait to see what else he undercovers later.
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22. January 2010 @ 20:36 |
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3 years is pretty good.....that is like two lifetimes in the world of gadgets....
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whatevs
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22. January 2010 @ 20:38 |
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As I said in my PS3 discussion forum thread, geohot has always delivered to his word. However, he is easily annoyed by impatient people. Let's hope for something soon before he becomes overwhelmed by ps3 owners asking "is it done yet? Is it done yet? Is it done yet?"
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SmOkM
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22. January 2010 @ 20:42 |
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want surprise me if they shift more units, if this takes off.
id certainly think about buying my own
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22. January 2010 @ 20:49 |
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I hope its a simple plug in hack, that would be godly.
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22. January 2010 @ 21:33 |
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Wow, just in time for God Of War 3 and Final Fantasy 13. Anyway, I still keeping my pre-order.
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Morreale
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22. January 2010 @ 22:44 |
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An unrestricted OtherOS? I hope so...
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22. January 2010 @ 22:57 |
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Originally posted by Morreale:
An unrestricted OtherOS? I hope so...
Let's hope for unrestricted OtherOS (even on slims), PS2 compatability, the ability to load disk-based games onto the harddrive to save constant swapping, cross-game-chat...the sky is the limit now.
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Promethos
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22. January 2010 @ 23:41 |
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I had confidence that this guy could deliver on his word. The others just didn't sound as determined as him.
Hope this finally means other PS3 models can be backward compatible.
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23. January 2010 @ 00:39 |
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Woah, woah, woah. So everyone's just taking this guy's word for it? I'll wait and see what happens first, thank you. There have been countless attempts and countless hoaxes from mostly respectable crack teams ranging far and wide. What makes this guy's word gold? I'm just a skeptic for now.
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thor999
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23. January 2010 @ 01:11 |
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A little too late, IMHO. 3 yrs ago the excitement would be inspiration enough to warrant attempting a hack but now, well why would you? You can run an alternate OS already on the older models, therefore homebrew, am I correct? And blank BR discs are still expensive enough to dissuade me from jumping in.
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Morreale
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23. January 2010 @ 01:40 |
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Originally posted by Promethos:
I had confidence that this guy could deliver on his word. The others just didn't sound as determined as him.
Hope this finally means other PS3 models can be backward compatible.
Most don't even mention the hypervisor at all, just faking new ways to magically play copied games.
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SDF_GR
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23. January 2010 @ 03:37 |
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Originally posted by escalante:
Woah, woah, woah. So everyone's just taking this guy's word for it? I'll wait and see what happens first, thank you. There have been countless attempts and countless hoaxes from mostly respectable crack teams ranging far and wide. What makes this guy's word gold? I'm just a skeptic for now.
Me too and to be honest, i dont believe it.
Even if this is true i dont think that sony wont do anything.
The only thing that a PS3 hack will accomplish is more often FW updates.
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windsong
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23. January 2010 @ 03:53 |
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Originally posted by thor999:
A little too late, IMHO. 3 yrs ago the excitement would be inspiration enough to warrant attempting a hack but now, well why would you? You can run an alternate OS already on the older models, therefore homebrew, am I correct? And blank BR discs are still expensive enough to dissuade me from jumping in.
But..Krazy Ken said the PS3 would last 10 years :)
Lulz!
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23. January 2010 @ 04:18 |
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Originally posted by thor999:
A little too late, IMHO. 3 yrs ago the excitement would be inspiration enough to warrant attempting a hack but now, well why would you? You can run an alternate OS already on the older models, therefore homebrew, am I correct? And blank BR discs are still expensive enough to dissuade me from jumping in.
The PS3 is still a current-gen system, in fact it is the most advanced system other than the PC (and it is still faster than most PCs).
Quality blank bluray disks can be gotten for $3, and idealy, a hack would allow you to run games from the hard drive, to avoid the trouble of disk swapping & burning (and it would allow you to do the job without a bd burner).
OtherOS lets you run 2D homebreew linux apps, but there is no 3D support and it does not allow for homebrew PS3 apps.
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thor999
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23. January 2010 @ 05:01 |
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Allright, educated here!
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23. January 2010 @ 06:05 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Quality blank bluray disks can be gotten for $3
Are you in the US? Even still, I am in Australia and most on this forum pay much more for dual layer DVD's than I do ($1.00 each) and nowhere have I seen blank Blu-ray discs for $3 each, and you say you can obtain quality discs for this price. The best I can come up with are Ritek's BD25's for $6 each.
Do you mind sharing which brand and where from?
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23. January 2010 @ 09:52 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by escalante:
Woah, woah, woah. So everyone's just taking this guy's word for it? I'll wait and see what happens first, thank you. There have been countless attempts and countless hoaxes from mostly respectable crack teams ranging far and wide. What makes this guy's word gold? I'm just a skeptic for now.
Me too and to be honest, i dont believe it.
Even if this is true i dont think that sony wont do anything.
The only thing that a PS3 hack will accomplish is more often FW updates.
Well as I wrote in the start of the news above, I don;t generally like to write claims of hacks of consoles because they so often turn out to be misleading.
In this case though, I decided to make an exception just based on who this guy is, and the respect he commands online.
Take a look at the PS3 hack blog he has been maintaining for a few weeks --> http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/ --> so there's no doubt he has gone to extensive lengths to get the PS3 to obey.
More info on him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz
And his twitter: http://twitter.com/geohot (almost 40,000 followers).
So it's not just a random guy coming along and making a claim. He has been working on this for a while and has been followed for several weeks since he started really getting down and dirty with the hardware. I'm not taking anybody as their word, I'm just redirecting his words onto people at aD who might be curious.
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23. January 2010 @ 10:15 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Quality blank bluray disks can be gotten for $3
Are you in the US? Even still, I am in Australia and most on this forum pay much more for dual layer DVD's than I do ($1.00 each) and nowhere have I seen blank Blu-ray discs for $3 each, and you say you can obtain quality discs for this price. The best I can come up with are Ritek's BD25's for $6 each.
Do you mind sharing which brand and where from?
Hi Ryu, yes Blu-Ray discs cost less than $3.00 here in the state and its made by Verb. Link
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/59...dable_Disc.html
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SpiderMoo
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23. January 2010 @ 10:21 |
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PS3 it's really cool)I to be going to buy it.What's the craсk do you mean?
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whatevs
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23. January 2010 @ 11:26 |
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From what I understand, since I've been following geohot, he didn't want to look for a software hack. He was actually looking for a hack that couldn't be patched with a firmware upgrade. He claims he can talk to the ps3 now but then the argument can start to whether or not Sony will start banning these hacked ps3s off the network since patching won't work for them.
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windsong
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23. January 2010 @ 13:18 |
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Originally posted by whatevs:
From what I understand, since I've been following geohot, he didn't want to look for a software hack. He was actually looking for a hack that couldn't be patched with a firmware upgrade. He claims he can talk to the ps3 now but then the argument can start to whether or not Sony will start banning these hacked ps3s off the network since patching won't work for them.
I dont think I would mind being banned from the Sony network as long as I had a PS3 that could play backups. :)
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lukeboy3
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23. January 2010 @ 13:20 |
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you can get 15 philips bd-r's in cake box for about $42.00.
from meritline.com. a little over $3.00 each.
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Morreale
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23. January 2010 @ 13:51 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by whatevs:
From what I understand, since I've been following geohot, he didn't want to look for a software hack. He was actually looking for a hack that couldn't be patched with a firmware upgrade. He claims he can talk to the ps3 now but then the argument can start to whether or not Sony will start banning these hacked ps3s off the network since patching won't work for them.
I dont think I would mind being banned from the Sony network as long as I had a PS3 that could play backups. :)
At least you wouldn't be losing the money you paid for an online subscription...
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23. January 2010 @ 18:24 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Quality blank bluray disks can be gotten for $3
Do you mind sharing which brand and where from?
Verbatim 25GB 4X BD-R 10 Pack for $24.99 or $2.49 each and they can be burned @ 10x or even 12x ~ STABLE
And that's only from Newegg! You can get similar deals or sales from Amazon, Meritline and even Fry's Electronics (even more so if you live near one) you just gotta search, compare and catch/buy the deals when they pop up. But honestly I don't even bother myself...I just go to 1 or 2 places and buy a few here and there to stock up when they are on sale instead of searching all day to save .25 cents.
On topic though ~ I too feel the same about "I'll believe it when I see it" and when I say "see it" I mean when I actually DO IT on 1 of my 3 PS3's as a test and actually PLAY a game...only THEN will I give him props. But honestly this has to be the first REAL threat/possibility coming from someone of his background and what he has actually proved by his iPhone hacking. But we'll see.
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