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PSP Firmware Downgrader Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

roka writes "SonyxTeam has just released a downgrader for the PSP using the toc2rta 2.0 overflow in libtiff. This has been tested and found working by PSP news sites. This is basically opening all sold models of the PSP to homebrew applications and will boost homebrew software development for Sony's handheld."

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  1. Finally! by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the first time a buffer overflow is used for non-evil purposes.

    *SIGH* Wish all the hackers out there were like this guy.

  2. "homebrew software development " ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is "homebrew software development" the new euphemism for "piracy"? You know, how 99.99% of everyone who got mod chips for their ps2 and xbox was just so they could "run linux" ?

  3. IT MUST BE STOPPED by s388 · · Score: 5, Funny

    consumers increasing the value of the products they've purchased? tailoring them to their own sinister ends? i predict massive retaliation.

    and the best kind of retaliation! fruitless retaliation.

    gg.

    1. Re:IT MUST BE STOPPED by interiot · · Score: 4, Funny
      Like.. with vegetables?

      No, far far more sinister. Retaliation... with meat!

  4. Re:Arrr!! by Ravag3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd say Yarrr!! Monkey Island for PSP here we come!

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