Enthusiasts have Turned the Nintendo Switch into a Functional Linux Tablet (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @02:40AM from the had-to-be-done dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: A couple of weeks ago, the fail0verflow hacking collective showed a still image on Twitter of a Nintendo Switch booting Linux. They're one of a small handful of hacker teams who are teasing exploits of the Nvidia Tegra hardware inside the Switch. But now fail0verflow has video of a full-on Linux distro running on the hacked Switch, complete with touchscreen support, a fully operational web browser, and even a GPU-powered demo application. On Twitter, fail0verflow claims the bug they're exploiting to sidestep the Switch's security can't be patched on currently released hardware, and doesn't require a modchip. But as for now there aren't any details on how to do this yourself at home.

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Re:true hacking by Anonymous Coward · 2018-02-20 04:38 · Score: 0, Troll

Yes. And it should be illegal. In many cases it already is. Laws should be enforced and, should the need arise, new laws should be made. Make no mistake: in the Information Age computers are weapons and should be regulated as such.