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Geohot publishes PS3 root key
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article published on 3 January, 2011
Last week, a hacking group called "fail0verflow" presented the PlayStation 3 "private key," a master code that Sony uses to authorize code on all retail consoles.
Knowing the root key means any hacker can gain full control of the PS3 system, without needing to jailbreak it using a USB dongle.
Today, infamous iPhone hacker Geohot released the root key to the world, beating fail0verflow ... [ read the full article ]
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shortybob
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4. January 2011 @ 00:11 |
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The past few months of this kind of news has been getting me closer and closer to buying that PS3 already...
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4. January 2011 @ 00:44 |
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Originally posted by shortybob:
The past few months of this kind of news has been getting me closer and closer to buying that PS3 already...
thats how i was 5months ago
ended up buying one
end result
why didnt i get it sooner
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seakz
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4. January 2011 @ 00:53 |
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i got a ps3 slim with 3.50fw for christmas and havnt even used apart from to check firmware version, it is only one update behind my current fat ps3 3.55fw, i searched it up (last week or two) and discovered that 3.50fw was easier to jailbrake/downgrade, so i was about to order a x3max to do that to my new ps3 slim 3.50fw, but this code would let me do it to my old ps3 and let my new one be updated, am i right? and could anyone who has any knoledge of this have any ideas for me, thanx
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4. January 2011 @ 01:10 |
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if you want your next console to be secure, get in touch with me. any of you 3.
it'd be fun to be on the other side.
Hopefully Sony and Microsoft don't take him up on that...I really don't care if the next Nintendo gets broken, as it will probably be very similar in spec to a PS3...just like the wII is similar in spec to the PS2.
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4. January 2011 @ 02:09 |
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Originally posted by seakz:
but this code would let me do it to my old ps3 and let my new one be updated, am i right?
AFAIK, if this is indeed what GeoHot claims (a master key that Sony uses to sign code) it will run on any PS3 no matter what the firmware version is. Changing/revoking this would cause all current retail games to stop functioning on the PS3 since they are "signed" with it.
The file on his site is "Lv2diag.self"; I believe that is a service file that allows firmware downgrades.
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4. January 2011 @ 05:02 |
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who cares i just want it as a server sitting in my wardrobe collecting dust like it should hahaha, then go play my 360 :P
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elbald90
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4. January 2011 @ 05:13 |
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sounds like "egohot" didnt like someone else getting the credit for all the hard work cracking the system
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busabill
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4. January 2011 @ 05:31 |
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and what am i to do with the code
how do i use it ????????
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4. January 2011 @ 05:37 |
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noob ^^^^^^^^
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4. January 2011 @ 07:32 |
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Originally posted by 3MUK:
noob ^^^^^^^^
Well can you explain what exactly it's use is, smartass?
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4. January 2011 @ 09:07 |
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Originally posted by ps3lvanub:
Originally posted by 3MUK:
noob ^^^^^^^^
Well can you explain what exactly it's use is, smartass?
Knowing the root key means any hacker can gain full control of the PS3 system, without needing to jailbreak it using a USB dongle.
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axlman
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4. January 2011 @ 11:17 |
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Ok, so for us that are not hackers, crackers, or just plain coding nerds, does anyone know how or where we can find the info on how to use/apply the code?
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4. January 2011 @ 11:20 |
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Originally posted by axlman:
Ok, so for us that are not hackers, crackers, or just plain coding nerds, does anyone know how or where we can find the info on how to use/apply the code?
yes go to psx-scene.com and have fun
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busabill
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4. January 2011 @ 11:29 |
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so 3MUK you dont know just bull knob
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4. January 2011 @ 11:43 |
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Originally posted by busabill:
so 3MUK you dont know just bull knob
is that even english? no really dont understand what u mean.
lol sorry for callin u noob just had a blast from psx-scene.com with some noob questions
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busabill
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4. January 2011 @ 12:13 |
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Originally posted by 3MUK:
Originally posted by busabill:
so 3MUK you dont know just bull knob
is that even english? no really dont understand what u mean.
lol sorry for callin u noob just had a blast from psx-scene.com with some noob questions
so how do i use the code
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xBRFCx
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4. January 2011 @ 15:42 |
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so what the point of it then.yes i'm a noob so what
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4. January 2011 @ 16:05 |
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Originally posted by xBRFCx:
so what the point of it then.yes i'm a noob so what
Signing Homebrew with this code will make it play on any PS3 since it will look like a Sony-authorized program to the PS3.
Other potential includes the use of Linux/OtherOS even on Slim PS3s as well as the ability for pirates to "sign" games and have them run via USB in a fashion similar to the Wii. With this key a PS3 USB Loader might even be possible without the need to "Jailbreak" the console or install anything.
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4. January 2011 @ 19:24 |
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Um...What Pop_Smith said! ;-)
i.e. it's not directly useful to people in general...just those who are able and want to run/release 'homebrew' PS3 software.
re: Linux/Other OS...keep in mind, there still wouldn't be much graphics acceleration until a hacked RSX driver is created.
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4. January 2011 @ 23:35 |
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Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
Originally posted by xBRFCx:
so what the point of it then.yes i'm a noob so what
Signing Homebrew with this code will make it play on any PS3 since it will look like a Sony-authorized program to the PS3.
Other potential includes the use of Linux/OtherOS even on Slim PS3s as well as the ability for pirates to "sign" games and have them run via USB in a fashion similar to the Wii. With this key a PS3 USB Loader might even be possible without the need to "Jailbreak" the console or install anything.
No ones going to jailbreak a PS3 just to install linux.
it's all BS.
It's so you can pirate games.
All the current "homebrew" released has only been for pirating stuff or making programs work so it makes it easier to pirate stuff on it.
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5. January 2011 @ 04:02 |
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Originally posted by xtago:
Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
Originally posted by xBRFCx:
so what the point of it then.yes i'm a noob so what
Signing Homebrew with this code will make it play on any PS3 since it will look like a Sony-authorized program to the PS3.
Other potential includes the use of Linux/OtherOS even on Slim PS3s as well as the ability for pirates to "sign" games and have them run via USB in a fashion similar to the Wii. With this key a PS3 USB Loader might even be possible without the need to "Jailbreak" the console or install anything.
No ones going to jailbreak a PS3 just to install linux.
it's all BS.
It's so you can pirate games.
All the current "homebrew" released has only been for pirating stuff or making programs work so it makes it easier to pirate stuff on it.
It's sad to say it but he is very right. Take the 360. It has been hacked solely for piracy for the great majority of it's life cycle. It has only been busted wide open, however, for homebrew in the last year a so. This leads to the conclusion that while the hack developers probably want to just run homebrew, the masses who use a homebrew hack don't want to pay for their games, so a couple of devs from these masses write some program to play pirate games on the machine, whether they be off GoD, USB device or some other medium, and voilà. You have mass piracy.
I think it's safe to say that for a few people it's just about the homebrew, for some it's about the piracy but for the majority it's about both.
I think that hack devs in general are very naíve (have I spelt that right?) people. They complain and so do their followers: 'Why was this exploit patched? We only want to run our own code and play great games like Mario 64 and shit!'. They are forgetting the big picture. They may want to use it just for running their own code, but the vast majority will use it for piracy. You can understand the big companies want to protect their consoles like hell. Console is unhacked and jailed: Business is good. Console is smashed open for the world to grace with it's own code: Business starts going south. Fast.
It conclusion to the entire post. It hack devs probably do it mostly for homebrew, but 90% percent of people out there will use it for piracy.
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busabill
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5. January 2011 @ 05:46 |
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i will games cost to much
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5. January 2011 @ 08:25 |
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No ones going to jailbreak a PS3 just to install linux.
it's all BS.
It's so you can pirate games.
All the current "homebrew" released has only been for pirating stuff or making programs work so it makes it easier to pirate stuff on it.
Of course it's BS. If you leave keys in a brand new car in the middle of nowhere, all alone and you tell me all I can do is mess with the radio, do you actually think im not gonna drive it?
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dEwMe
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5. January 2011 @ 09:25 |
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Who cares about the why's or what the majority of people will use it for? The point is the unhackable PS3 appears to be hacked wide open for good this time.
I look at it like a PC...If I buy it it's mine and I should be able to do what I want with it. The publishers of the games I pirate (if any) should worry about the piracy...
Just my $0.02,
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