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[–] 115 points 6 months ago (3 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5_Jailbreak/comments/1fhlyjt/guide_to_find_the_firmware_version_of_a_sealed/

Based on this list, it looks like you have to be sitting on a 2022 or earlier non-updated PS5 to have a chance at the 4.51 or lower firmware to use this. A chance it'll open up to other firmwares and as said maybe there's a limited functionality 5.xx exploit on the horizon, but just a bit of reality before you get too excited.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    Didn't the PS5 boot signing keys leak recently? The word when that happened was that it blew PS5 modding wide open in a way that couldn't be closed without new hardware, though I guess publishing anything that used Sony's key would have their lawyers after you real quick.

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  • [–] 171 points 6 months ago (17 children)

    Back in March this year, security engineer and modder Andy Nguyen started experimenting with running Linux on the PS5. After months of testing and improvements, he has finally released PS5-Linux

    Math was never my strongest point, but something doesent add up here.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Math was never my strongest point

    Think of it like a toddler.

    The first 9 months, it's not even an infant yet. Then boom, you get a baby. 6 months of development later you have a 6 month old toddler. But process started 15 months ago.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Yes, that would make sense, if not for the "started experimenting" part. I do understand the process here, its just that the writing is nonsensical (or AI).

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    It makes sense...

    Just not to you...

    Now that I've explained it, you agree that it can be taken that way, but still because you didn't immediately take it the intended way, you see fault with the writing.

    That is a very bad attitude to have.

    Not immediately understanding what someone means is normal,happens to everyone.

    But if after someone explains it in a way you get, doubling down that the writer was at fault aost guarantees you're going to keep having this problem.

    You cant force everyone everywhere to communicate in a way that you immediately get, you have to work on being able to view something multiple different ways and identifying thru context what was meant.

    Like, just for purely selfish reasons, you want to be able to understand others

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I needed your explanation. I just could not conceive another interpretation, and choose to reject it. Without your guidance I could not into English dear sir! Thank you for your selfless benevolent assistance!

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  • [–] 71 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

    Well gotta turn off auto updates immediately.

    Edit: by immediately I mean years ago, apparently.

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  • [–] 39 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Good thing mine has been unplugged ever since I realized a docked steam deck paired with ps5 controllers was a way better experience than using the PS5 anyway

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Ah yes games meant to play 720 looks great on a 4k tv…

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Well yeah, I should note that my TV isn’t 4k and the games I play aren’t typically resource heavy. I’m talking about the overall user experience of being able to sleep/suspend quickly, go offline easily, the sense of ownership and control over the OS, and seamless handoff between the deck and my more serious gaming PC in my upstairs office. There’s a lot more to the UX than resolution and/or frame rate. I typically don’t even care as long as it’s 720p or better.

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  • [–] 48 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    If I install Linux on a PS5, can I use the Blu-ray drive as a PC optical drive to rip DVD's and shit?

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  • [–] 43 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    This, this is why my PS5 has been offline and waiting for hacks'

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    This is not even close to the reason that my PS5 has been offline, but it's super neat and probably means we're close to piracy.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Ring that fucking bell and smash the shit out of that like button. May God have mercy on your mouse.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Have you ever? Let us know in the comments! We wanna hear from you!

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    The ps5 is much closer to a traditional PC than the PS3 which was a totally different design. There’s enough different with how the PS5 was designed that it isn’t a traditional PC but Linux is so versatile it can pretty much bridge that gap.

    Which has me wondering if a PS5 is the cheapest desktop out there right now.

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    [–] 19 points 6 months ago (14 children)

    Well, that's pretty exciting. My PS5 is already on the latest firmware though lol

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (13 children)

    Can we not, like... Factory reset these things to roll back to whatever was installed when it was purchased? 🤔

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  • [–] 36 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Thats called a downgrade attack and is explicitly blocked by most modern security models that are not a PC.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Is it?

    As a malicious actor or red-team player, I would want to get you on as old of an OS as I could in order to exploit a wider range of CVEs. Or in most cases, one would be hunting for a specific set of CVEs. Once I've got you on the version I want, I can then perform other attacks and ensure that they run.

    The iPhone, many Android phones, some network equipment, and game consoles all have eFuses that burn when you perform an update, and the specific number or pattern they burn in is used to determine the lowest OS version your device is allowed to be on in order to stop this from happening.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I mean, my phone has all sorts of private and confidential information and is regularly in hostile environments where attackers might get physical access to it. Kinda want the best, most hardened security posture.

    My Playstation sits in my living room and has my gaming history and access to my games...

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    It could also have your credit card info if you've set it up for the store. Which I imagine most people do, since many games don't even get physical copies made anymore.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Ive worked with ecommerce enough to not store my card anywhere. Also pretty sure they'd store it in the cloud so could max it out in the store and I could claim the fraud.

    But if your in my living room thinking, I'm going to sit down and hack his Playstation to get his credit card... Don't know man, seems there's better plans.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago*

    Ive worked with ecommerce enough to not store my card anywhere.

    Not storing it is not necessarily enough to protect you either, though. If their servers get compromised, it's very easy for them to send that data elsewhere instead of/in addition to working normally.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Most consoles, if not all, have electronic fuses that are embedded inside chips that they intentionally blow out with each firmware update that prevent them from rolling back to older versions.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I can't wait for bringus studios to release a video where he games on a PS5.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    He essentially did. He did that one build with one of those ps5 reject boards. Based off that I assumed the ps5 could run standard Linux but I haven't cared about consoles and modding in a very long time.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I wonder how it compares to the steam machine.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Fml, my ps5 is up to date. Maybe I can try and buy an old one and sell mine.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    If the jailbreak method ever works on whatever the current firmware is, I'll probably go ahead and do it to mine.

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    Never bought a PS5, and def don't plan on ever buying a console ever again. Long live emulators! Fuck you nintendo!!!

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  • [+] -8 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Isn't the PS5 already a fully functional gaming computer?

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    To access most of the internet you must pay a subscription. Plus the games you buy on the ps5 can't be put on any other device.

    I know this because I bought baldurs gate and Helldiver's, and had to purchase them again on steam.

    A ps5 and most consoles are a sunk-cost-fallacy machine.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    The fact that steam games are cross platform is because you buy a license. Very rarely a cd-rom would have Mac and Windows in one, but in that regard desktops were mostly like consoles not so long ago.

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