As mentioned this morning, it would appear that firmware 3.60’s big talking point – cloud based game saving – is just the cherry on top of what appears to be the real driving force behind Sony’s intentions with its latest update. The PS3 is now secure again. At least, that’s according to Youness Alaoui, KaKaRoToKS on Twitter, and the author of PSFreedom, a custom firmware for the PS3. Commenting on the security holes Sony appear to have now plugged, Alaoui states:
Wow, in 3.60, Sony removed all the loaders, no more isoldr/lv1ldr/lv2ldr/appldr.. but they added lv0.2! Seems they found a way to secure ps3.
He goes on to deride Sony’s original security set up, stating:
Their previous errors were epic fails, it doesn’t mean they can’t do an epic save either.. they seem to have fixed all the issues they had. For now, it looks to me (at first glance) that the ps3 has been resecured, but it doesn’t mean it can’t be broken again from scratch..
The modder ends with the news that he has no interest in poking holes in Sony’s new software for more exploits. He claims:
I don’t really care about breaking the PS3, I’m fine with what we have so far. I will NOT work on it!! 3.55 was great, people that love homebrew (including me) will stay there, everyone else will update, sounds like a fair balance.
You know what we’re going to say next. TheSixthAxis does not condone invalidating your warranty by sticking toast or anyone’s custom firmware in your PS3. You also won’t be able to send your saves into the cloud. And that’s just awesome, man.
Source: Twitter
matt612
Aha Some sony codies have gone for it :P
XisTG
That hacker seemed like a nice guy :)
Kovacs
They’re not all squirrel-interfering bandits.
:)
Godly_Anon
Agreed. George Hotz ruined his reputation in the eyes of many by being all smug and releasing a rap video. Whereas this guy takes the time to sit down, be civil, and explain what needs to be said.