PS3 - Keys for signed binaries found, custom firmware released

[NayusDante]

His lawyer has prepared a response, sounds moderately solid.

[neojapan]

my friend is already running final burn emu and others on his ps3

[NayusDante]

Geohot is going to be on Attack of the Show tonight, making AOTS possibly worth watching for once.

[megasdkirby]

my friend is already running final burn emu and others on his ps3

Does it run well?

[kupomogli]

Geohot is going to be on Attack of the Show tonight, making AOTS possibly worth watching for once.

So they're promoting piracy now? I guess even they realize what a garbage tv show they are that doing something like this is the only way they'll get any viewers.

[NayusDante]

From what I remember, AOTS is just general tech. They cover phones and stuff, so I'd expect them to cover this sort of thing. I don't have a cablebox anymore, so I'm waiting for some clips to surface online of the interview. Not really sure what to expect, in regard to opinions on piracy. George has maintained an anti-piracy angle in his releases, but last time I checked, the AOTS hosts aren't the most wholesome individuals.

[NayusDante]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrz5rQAcCNY

Could this video be any crappier?

Edit: Here's a better one.

[Leo_A]

The easy fix for this is to implement a CD key system. All they would do is include a unique license key with each game that links to your PSN account. At boot, the games would be required to authenticate their key. An internet connection would be required to start any game published after the change.

Of course, that would ELMINATE used game sales and rentals, unless they established some kind of key transfer service. I wouldn't complain if they managed to keep it consumer-friendly. It's sad, but that's really the only direction they can go now.

Far too many people don't have their console connected to a broadband internet connection for that to be a viable option anytime soon. They're not about to be cutting off a significant portion of their install base from buying future games.

For example, there are 50 million Xbox 360's out there and just 30 million Xbox Live users.

[neojapan]

Does it run well?

yep, they do

[kupomogli]

From what I remember, AOTS is just general tech. They cover phones and stuff, so I'd expect them to cover this sort of thing. I don't have a cablebox anymore, so I'm waiting for some clips to surface online of the interview. Not really sure what to expect, in regard to opinions on piracy. George has maintained an anti-piracy angle in his releases, but last time I checked, the AOTS hosts aren't the most wholesome individuals.

I watched the video, infact it's probably the most interesting thing I've seen on Attack of the Show. Geohots seems like a pretty nice guy and I'm all for anti piracy so I thought it was really cool when he mentioned that he made sure to allow homebrew to be playable on the system without the ability of pirated software to be played.

[erehwon]

I'm interested to see where this goes. Unfortunately, it looks like the XBMC crew doesn't have any intention of doing a PS3 version.

[NayusDante]

There are a few different CFW versions out now, but they're unreliable and likely to brick your console. Under no circumstances should anyone install them...

I'm still not messing with mine yet. Maybe when they bring Linux back, but not right now.

[Oobgarm]

I'm interested to see where this goes. Unfortunately, it looks like the XBMC crew doesn't have any intention of doing a PS3 version.

[JSoup]

Far too many people don't have their console connected to a broadband internet connection for that to be a viable option anytime soon. They're not about to be cutting off a significant portion of their install base from buying future games.

For example, there are 50 million Xbox 360's out there and just 30 million Xbox Live users.

Does that number really hold up, given that there are people on their second, third and fourth 360 due to that whole RRoD thing?

[kedawa]

That's a good point, but of the customers that we do repairs and mods for, I'd say at least one out of every four doesn't use xbox live at all.

[NayusDante]

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/1/21/son...rial-keys-ps3/

Phone activation is my guess for non-connected systems.

[skaar]

They're utterly and completely boned on PS3.

[JSoup]

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/1/21/son...rial-keys-ps3/

Phone activation is my guess for non-connected systems.

As I understand it, adding keys won't solve this. They can't change the old one, as that would make all past games not work. Meaning if they add new ones, the hackers can use the old one locate and do hacker-like things to the new one.

[kedawa]

I don't think that rumour is credible, but it wouldn't be the first time a company did something absolutely futile to fight piracy and alienated legitimate customers in the process.

[kedawa]

As I understand it, adding keys won't solve this. They can't change the old one, as that would make all past games not work. Meaning if they add new ones, the hackers can use the old one locate and do hacker-like things to the new one.

Serial keys are not the same thing as encryption keys, so it's entirely possible from a technical standpoint.