PS4 Firmware 5.53 has been released
A few hours ago, Sony started pushing PS4 Firmware 5.53.
As always with minor updates, details on what the update actually does are very sparse. Most mainstream media just quote the official changelog which is the usual “This system software update improves system performance”, although some say the update could be related to the upcoming God Of War release. The game is getting great reviews and it is possible Sony want it to perform as best as possible on launch day.
Does PS4 Firmware 5.53 patch the 5.05/5.50 Webkit exploit?
A few hackers have pointed out that firmware 5.53 does ship with an updated version of Webkit (see here). Zer0xFF states the 5.05/5.50 Webkit exploit is still present in firmware 5.53, however other people have tested the exploit and it doesn’t seem to work “as is” on firmware 5.53.
Update: Mathieulh has confirmed the webkit exploit has been patched.
5.53 fixes the currently available webkit exploit.
— Mathieu Hervais (@Mathieulh) April 13, 2018
PS4 5.53 and Data/Privacy
Firmware 5.53 is now giving you more options to choose how much data you want them to collect from your console. This includes data about online services (which cannot be deactivated), and navigation data (how you use the console. That part can be turned off). In general, my personal recommendation would be to share as little data as possible, independently of your use case.
If you choose to update (which we don’t recommend if you expect to hack your console one day), head over to the settings to reduce the amount of data you share.
Source: PS4 FW Bot
“Firmware 5.53 is now giving you more options to choose how much data you want them to collect from your console.” Remind you about any current topics? **ahem** Z U C C
noone cares 🙂
and noone knew why.
The update is strictly related to the upcoming GDPR regulations as of 25 May. Sony will collect the same amount of data, but now you’ll be “informed” about it, and eventually given option to opt out of the “marketing” part… P.S. That’s also why there are two separate files for UK and EU… 😉
So if the current exploits are patched in 5.53, it could be possible that qwertyoruiop releases his kexploit now for 5.05, right?
That’s what I’m wondering too, time will tell I guess.
I hope so, but some suggest 5.01 may come first. That would really suck.
The kernel exploit has been patched for quite a while and the webkit exploit that was just apparently patched was publicly available for quite a while now. Even if the webkit exploit was not publicly available, releasing a patched kernel exploit would still do no harm, trust me this being patched changes nothing for the kernel exploit
Remember about the infamous Sony’s data breach back then?
Pepperidge farm remembers
i’m waiting for the 5.01 kernel exploit for my ps4
so.. as te 5.05/5.50 webkit is patched now, will the kexploit be released for 5.05?
At least this update is so far optional.
Let’s all laugh at idiots with old firmware playing old games. You will never play newer games..Mathieu and all developers are a joke. They will never release a CFW just useless expoilt which nobody cares oh! I have 5.50 kernel ewploit and webkit xploit but I will never share it.PS4 is lame looool
What about this kexploit for PS4 on 5.05?
https://g i t h u b.c o m/Anonym00S/PS4-5.01-5.05-Kernel-Exploit-BY-Anonymous
bro thats fake
Protip: this “device data” setting does NOT appear on Japanese PS4.
Damn, I just update my PS4 pro the day before yesterday and just thinking about jailbreaking my console today and it breaks my heart that I just killed my chance to jailbreak, maybe i’ll wait again for another 6months
No jailbreak for 5.50/5.53 for atleast 2 years. No one is working on it.
I’m one of the people who waited around for an update, and honestly I just said *** it and updated from 5.01 to 5.53 specifically for god of war..and it DAMN was it worth it lol! I feel like even if the ps4 5.1 exploit came out tomorrow, It’s gonna be a good while before the scene reaches the state the ps3 scene is at, and by that point I’ll either have all the games I wanted or I’ll just pick up a then cheap ps4 and exploit it.