PS3 Hacking Progress

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  1. InsaneNutter

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    George Hotz (Geohot) who is well known for hacking the iPhone is now having a go at the PS3.

    On his blog he has posted:

    It will be interesting to see what happens next.
     
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    elo cfw i wonder what ill use u for... ;)
     
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    Just goes to show, there is no un-hackable console. I could only imagine having a CFW on my PS3, so many emulators and homebrew and then you'd probably also be able to play PS3 games via hard drive too, that would be nice.
     
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    This is interesting... GeoHot is also the marker on my jailbreak on my iPhone. Blackra1n.

    I'm sure soon we'll all be going out and purchasing a PS3 if we don't already own one.
     
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    Except Nimrod :P I remember him saying he was thinking of buying one too, as was I. Then I went back to my 360, put homebrew on my Wii and somehow the thought never came up again.
     
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    He has progressed more than anyone else has, so progress is progress.
    This is the first steps towards a hacked PS3, but as to having custom firmware or anything usable anytime soon i wouldn't hold your breath.

    Remember it has taken over 3 years from the first Xbox 360 hack to get to the point where we have custom dashboards / firmware and unsigned XDK applications.
     
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    Real or fake? ^o) just read it on his blog. one of the comments there...
     
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    Probably a fake.
     
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    yh prob fake. hes deffinately real!! :D

    Speaking to the BBC, Geohot has revealed that his PS3 hack is around 95 percent software based and 5 percent hardware based. Moreover, he said his hack could be used for a variety of things including homebrew, PS2 games and piracy (of which the latter not supporting). Mr Hotz said that he had begun the hack last summer when he had spent three weeks analysing the hardware.
    After a long break, he spent a further two weeks cracking the console, which he described as a "very secure system".

    He said that he was not yet ready to reveal the full details of the hack but said that it was "5% hardware and 95% software".
     
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    Sounds pretty promising, if he says the hack is real i'm inclined to believe him. From reading the Wikipedia article about him it sounds like he's a bit of a genius.

    Will be very interested to hear how he has done it.
     
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    I thought about selling my PS3 but I might have to hang onto it.
     
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    He has released his hack: On the PlayStation 3: Here's your silver platter

     
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    damn cant w8 for a cw (Y) ty for the news.
     
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    I imagine there will be a massive eruption on PS3 news in the next month, just wish I was more knowledgeable on this, I wouldn't mind trying some things.
     
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    haha.this is pretty epic.cant friggin wait to hear the latest info.was wondering how ppl wer progressing with cw on ps3.nice to know noteveryone is 360 freak :P
     

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