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Is it me or Sony has become good at protecting its software ? I remember a time when every new console would be hacked within the year it was released.
by nkg 9y ago
Is it me or Sony has become good at protecting its software ? I remember a time when every new console would be hacked within the year it was released.
- gruez 9y agoxbox one also hasn't been hacked.
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- martin_bech 9y agoWhats xbox one?.. :)
- uytuijhgj 9y agoAre u an idiot?.. :)
- dang 9y agoCommenting like this will get you banned here, so please read and follow https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html from now on. I normally would have banned a new account that posted like this, but https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15529586 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15529586 looks pretty good, so we'll assume you want to use HN as intended. Please do read those guidelines though!
- oculusthrift 9y agoI don’t know much about it, but some other users were implying that they now use freebsd when previously they rolled their own OS. If that’s the case, it makes sense.
- teh_klev 9y agoThe PS3 appears to run a fork of FreeBSD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_system_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_system_software
- monocasa 9y agoThis is why you don't trust Wikipedia. They're just using a couple FreeBSD subsystems (net & fs AFAICT), sort of like you would with a rump kernel. Their kernel is so far from FreeBSD though that it doesn't even have a fork(2). http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/LV2_Functions_and_Syscalls http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/LV2_Functions_and_Syscalls
- mikewhy 9y agoPS3 was out for ~3 years before it was hacked.
- mackal 9y agoIt wasn't worth hacking the PS3 because of OtherOS. They removed it, it was hacked.
- Moter8 9y agoAs far as I remember, as soon as it was hacked they removed OtherOS, not the other way around. This was like version 3.50 or something? Long time ago.
- coretx 9y agoNo, OtherOS only existed due to it allowing for different import tarifs. The CISO who told Kaz that he's a mad bro for wanting to remove OtherOS support was fired.
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y agoIf anything the PS4 is a downgrade from the PS3 here. The PS3 ran everything in a hypervisor.
- emodendroket 9y agoI guess if people want this to happen they should goad George Hotz by telling him he can't possibly beat the protection.
- rjeli 9y agoGeorge is banned from exploiting Sony products
- mlrtime 9y agoIsn't everyone?
- hmschreck 9y agoNot like he is. If memory serves, if he tries to break a Sony device again, he faces massive fines, etc.
- KGIII 9y agoDo you have a good link for some backstory on this one? I'm not sure how that could even be possible in the legal frameworks.
- icebraining 9y agoTerms of the settlement: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-hotz-settlement-details-surface/1100-6308347/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-hotz-settlement-detai...
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- nkg 9y agoPsx, PS2, Wii, PSP have been hacked to their bone, it was a great time because of the community it had created. All these people focused on finding exploits and sharing the most obscure techniques to restore a bricked device! I don't see this anymore. Maybe they are mining bitcoins or playing Candy crush.
- grawlinson 9y agoThe Vita was harder to 'break' than the PS4, apparently. It's only recently been pwned.
- Jonnax 9y agoIn that time computing devices were rare. Now everyone has a quite a powerful computer in their pocket. If you want to make apps it's all there supported with a ton of documentation.
- Feniks 9y agoKeep in mind everything is online now. In the olden days you didn't need things like patches or firmware updates. Once a console was hacked you were golden.