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Originally Posted by johnnyrocket03
its a shame you basically have to be a programmer to understand how to make use of this...
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Not really. All you have to do is wait until a programmer creates something that interests you. Since they can digitally sign that software with the proper encryption key, it will be no problem installing it on your PS3.
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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Sadly half the programmers out there still wouldn't know how to make use of this. You'd need to understand a lot about low level systems, platfrom security, etc. So this falls on two groups, uber crazy hacker nerd types or engineers with lotsa spare time on their hands.
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This opens it up to an entirely different level though. The other hacks and exploits on the PS3 and other systems were just that, hacks. Finding a security flaw and exploiting it to run unauthorized code. (usually some type of buffer overflow) Or actually modifying the hardware itself to bypass some of those security checks. The difference with this current discovery is now ALL code can now be authorized code. No modding or flaky bypasses needed. Installing custom firmware and software will be as easy as plugging in a usb stick and copying it over to the PS3 Hard Drive.