Fail0verflow showcase Linux running on Nintendo Switch
This is Fail0verflow team’s latest taunt for the Switch scene: a picture of a hacked Nintendo Switch running a Debian Linux distribution.
Fail0verflow have stated a month ago that they have a bootrom exploit on the Nintendo Switch, which virtually gives them full control of the console. It’s likely they’ve spent the past few weeks or months porting Linux to the console. The hacking team are very familiar with the process of porting the popular OS to consoles: most flavors of Linux running on hacked PS4s are based on their patches.
If history repeats itself though, it is possible that Fail0verflow will release their Linux patches, but not the underlying exploits. In the case of the PS4, the scene had to wait for more than a year between the time Fail0verflow released their Linux port, and the time they revealed the exploits they used to get access to the system.
Nevertheless, as with each one of their announcements, there’s no reason to doubt it’s true, so the scene is, understandably, on fire after the announce.
Source: Fail0verflow
bootrom exploit sounds bad for ninty
No, actually its good.
Means more sold devices = equals higher userbase (hacked or not does not matter) = equals more possible software sales.
Most of those interested in a hacked device, already have two devices, one with stock FW for online stuff and another one hacked for all the overpriced ninty software. That means, two devices per person and at least one online account with legal bought content. PROFIT$$$
Look at the 3ds, every 3ds (and I mean EVERY) out there can nowadays get hacked by a simple ds flashcard. Does it hurt software sales???
Nope, the 3ds is as strong as ever, it will only die when ninty decides to let it die. (which I personally hope they won’t do for the next couple of years)
On the other side we have the vita… it is a final statement, that a device riddled with tons of DRM and layers of layers of security is actually a major flop and completely anti consumer. Especially when it tries to compete with a multitude of other platforms (3ds/smartphones/…).
There you have it.
And something interesting to rub some salt up sonys wound:
The vitas predecessor, the psp, was kept alive by the whole scene until sony decided to stop making new devices as well as software for it.
It was not the piracy that put the psp to rest, it was sonys awkward bussiness decision in favor of the vita.
Easily fixable in factory, perhaps already corrected.
well, then. please guys send your device back to factory to let ninty enhance your experience with your device.
You forgot “hurrr”. He meant that it’s easily fixable on units in factory from Nintendo before shipping to retailers.
Fail0verflow has very talented people that know at least as much about these consoles as the developers. I saw them taking apart the wiiU, extracting bits over the gamepads and was impressed like a little kid after a magic trick. Those people think out of the box and hack what ever they desire. If I were Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft I’d hire all of them to secure my next generation. Lucky for us, they don’t.
So true.
I’m always wondering what are the profile of these guys, how can they be so competent in a field where I can barely grasp anything.
In fact, wololo is nothing but a big magic show for grown ups:
“Look all the amazing things we can do with our beloved VITA !” Once you manage to reproduce the trick, well, it somehow loses its appeal (all my consoles run homebrews and I barely play anymore…at least my children won’t cost me much game wise).
They are nothing special. Sea is full of fishes.
http://www.switchsucks.com
Good for us that we have the glorius Preystation with its wonderful ps1 and ps2 remakes… zzz….
true dat
I wonder what team-xecuter has in their bag. Is it related to this at all in any way or not?
TX is dead, have been for a long time
Here we go 🙂
Wow! So useful… zzzzz…
Port Linux to the PS vita, please
It wouldn’t handle it well.
Yeah agreed, but working on it may open up new pathways?
“the scene is, understandably, on fire after the announce.”
No it’s not. The “scene” consists mostly of children who want just “muh free warez gaems” so this news is useless. Like Linux on whatever console.
But there is a positive side. Every egomaniac is coming out in the open with “I discovered this thing”, so Nintendo will have corrected all the possible and imaginable bugs right now, even those of which it was unaware.
lol
t. somebody who doesn’t know what the scene is
I bet you’re one of the “i play roms on consoles of my previous purchased games trust me i’m not a pirate”
What’ so bad about being a pirate?
Since Nintendo switch already has full control and reverse engineered and a Nintendo switch emulator plus it’s on the Nvidia tegra mobile. Wouldn’t it be possible to make a emulator for mobile even faster then usual? Or even ports of the game transferred to mobile ? Or am I just dreaming and sounding like a nutcase
Switch is not full reverse engineered, it’s not in full control and there is not any Switch emulator on “nvidia tegra mobile” whatever it is. You must be drunk or idiot.
They were pointing out the Switch itself uses a tegra mobile processor. (Mobile hardware.) Therefore, it should be easier to translate/emulate to similar mobile hardware. It’s actually a sound logical point, and your post is far dumber than theirs.
Or both.
I almost defended him a lil… then I reread it. My, oh, my… Mabey I should START drinking!
french tv a bit late…
http://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/hightech/des-hackers-ont-decele-une-nouvelle-faille-sur-la-nintendo-switch-1372642.html