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Uh, I'm confused. The PS4 has been cracked. Jailbreaks exist. And yes, they enable piracy. But like any console that is still being actively supported/updated b

Uh, I'm confused. The PS4 has been cracked. Jailbreaks exist. And yes, they enable piracy. But like any console that is still being actively supported/updated by the manufacturer, it requires a certain firmware version (or below).

Thaxll 6y ago
None of the recent firmware have been cracked.
- favokus 6y ago
  But the PS4 has been cracked. Newest firmware or not is a bit irrelevant. Once Sony stops supporting the PS4, we're going to see the latest firmware get cracked too. That's usually how it goes. There are a number of private exploits going up to 7.00 (and possibly higher). For fuck's sake, stop downvoting. Stupid assholes. > Both the Xbox One and the PS4 have now been on the market for close to 6 years, without hackers being able to crack the system to enable piracy or cheating. This is the first time in history that game consoles have lasted this long without being cracked to enable piracy. The PS4 has been cracked to enable piracy. That's a fucking fact. I can literally go on Ebay right now and buy myself a hackable PS4 and download a bunch of games and go nuts. So you guys can go eat shit.
- dvdbloc 6y ago
  Yet
  - elcomet 6y ago
    For 3 years. If it takes 3 years to crack and Sony can update in a few months (and force update or games won't run), cracks are uselss
    - jsheard 6y ago
      Sony even managed to pre-emptively fix that last exploit a few months before it became known to the public, so users who were actively using their PS4 and allowing it to update unknowingly locked themselves out of jailbreaking before they had the chance. The prospects of jailbreaking the next gen consoles really aren't looking good given the PS4 was this much of a PITA and the Xbox One has been completely bulletproof for its entire life.
muricula 6y ago
Yes. The talk was given by an xbox architect, and iirc he mentions he's not sure about the state of the PS4. It's a great talk and if you're interested in security you should give it a watch.
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jsheard 6y ago
That's true, but Sony has been successful in making jailbreaking unfeasible for most people. The only path to a jailbroken PS4 today is to find one that's been sitting in a drawer without being updated for over 3 years, and even if you get that far there's no workaround for the version check on newer games so you can't play anything (legitimately or otherwise) that require firmware newer than the last exploitable version from 3 years ago, which rules out quite a few killer app exclusives. Unlike past generations you can't just brute force it with hardware modifications either, the security is so deeply embedded in the SoC now that there's no way to touch it. Without a software exploit you're shit out of luck.
cortesoft 6y ago
Do the jailbreaks let you play online with pirated games?
- landr0id 6y ago
  Yes. The problem though is as soon as the vulnerability used in the exploit becomes public Sony pushes out a patch.
  - HenryKissinger 6y ago
    That's not a problem at all.

Thaxll 6y ago

None of the recent firmware have been cracked.

favokus 6y ago
But the PS4 has been cracked. Newest firmware or not is a bit irrelevant. Once Sony stops supporting the PS4, we're going to see the latest firmware get cracked too. That's usually how it goes. There are a number of private exploits going up to 7.00 (and possibly higher). For fuck's sake, stop downvoting. Stupid assholes. > Both the Xbox One and the PS4 have now been on the market for close to 6 years, without hackers being able to crack the system to enable piracy or cheating. This is the first time in history that game consoles have lasted this long without being cracked to enable piracy. The PS4 has been cracked to enable piracy. That's a fucking fact. I can literally go on Ebay right now and buy myself a hackable PS4 and download a bunch of games and go nuts. So you guys can go eat shit.
dvdbloc 6y ago
Yet
- elcomet 6y ago
  For 3 years. If it takes 3 years to crack and Sony can update in a few months (and force update or games won't run), cracks are uselss
  - jsheard 6y ago
    Sony even managed to pre-emptively fix that last exploit a few months before it became known to the public, so users who were actively using their PS4 and allowing it to update unknowingly locked themselves out of jailbreaking before they had the chance. The prospects of jailbreaking the next gen consoles really aren't looking good given the PS4 was this much of a PITA and the Xbox One has been completely bulletproof for its entire life.

muricula 6y ago

Yes. The talk was given by an xbox architect, and iirc he mentions he's not sure about the state of the PS4. It's a great talk and if you're interested in security you should give it a watch.

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jsheard 6y ago

That's true, but Sony has been successful in making jailbreaking unfeasible for most people. The only path to a jailbroken PS4 today is to find one that's been sitting in a drawer without being updated for over 3 years, and even if you get that far there's no workaround for the version check on newer games so you can't play anything (legitimately or otherwise) that require firmware newer than the last exploitable version from 3 years ago, which rules out quite a few killer app exclusives. Unlike past generations you can't just brute force it with hardware modifications either, the security is so deeply embedded in the SoC now that there's no way to touch it. Without a software exploit you're shit out of luck.

cortesoft 6y ago

Do the jailbreaks let you play online with pirated games?

landr0id 6y ago
Yes. The problem though is as soon as the vulnerability used in the exploit becomes public Sony pushes out a patch.
- HenryKissinger 6y ago
  That's not a problem at all.