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Despite Initial Attempts, The Vita Still Remains Closed To Pirates

Posted on Friday, September 7 @ 17:28:35 Eastern by

Speaking with Yifan Lu, an individual who claims to have found the means by which homebrew applications can be run on the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Lifestyle has discovered that even though the modding community is moving deeper into Sony's latest portable, custom firmware, as it ran rampant on the PSP, is still a long way away.

Lu told PSLS:

LU: [The tool I'm developing] cannot be used for loading backups/pirated content even if I want to because of the physical limitations of the exploit (it is userland, no rights to decrypt/load games).

PSLS: Are you saying that your exploit won't be able to benefit other hackers who may wish to make the Vita pirateable?

LU: When the exploit goes public, it could be used as a stepping stone to analyze the system for farther exploits, including the more desirable kernel exploit, which if found would open the system up entirely (mods, Custom Firmware, maybe even Linux/Android, and unfortunately ISO loaders). However, it takes a lot of skills to find such an exploit, and those who I talked to with the necessary skills are all anti-piracy. However, not thinking of potential other exploits, this one can only be used to load homebrews and nothing else.

The Vita is holding steady against intrusions, but as with any "security," it's only a matter of time.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting

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    Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 6:12 pm
    Long John Silver.
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

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    Posted: Sep 8th, 2012 at 9:44 am
    Rrrrrrrrr you Kidding?
  • De-Ting
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    Posted: Sep 8th, 2012 at 7:17 pm
    Why, I'm Squidward.
  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE

    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
    Worst case scenario, vita games could just get cracked releases that basically function as homebrew games. I mean I don't even own a vita, but I agree, anything with enough interest will eventually get modded.
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 7:51 pm
    It's funny how the PSP was cracked on DAY ONE with the 1.50 firmware and the 1.00 firmware from the Japanese PSPs. Over 6 months in and there's barely any exploits around. I think Sony did a good job, or there's a lack of interest in the Vita from hackers.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
    Or the Vita isn't selling sell enough to illicit that kind of attention.

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