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PS3 Root Key Found

Posted by Soulskill on from the insert-quarter-to-play-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The PlayStation 3 'root key' used for code signing has been found by GeoHot. This enables running homebrew without the need for psjailbreak-style USB-devices, and also provides hope for those at firmware version 3.55 that currently cannot be downgraded. The key also cannot be changed without hardware modifications. Oops."

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  1. Re:More Likely... by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how long until the lawyers start raining down from the sky.

    That sounds... very nice. I mean, assuming they are falling a long enough distance, that is.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
  2. Re:More Likely... by by+(1706743) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how long until the lawyers start raining down from the sky.

    That sounds... very nice. I mean, assuming they are falling a long enough distance, that is.

    *mumbles something about lawyers being full of hot air, thereby reducing terminal velocity to a survivable speed*