Xilo Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 What ever happened to DarK AleX? He was a champion at PSP hacking, if anyone could crack the PS3, i'm sure it would be him. The same thing that's happened to Geohot. He got butthurt because the community isn't "elite" enough for him anymore. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592903324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDX Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Lets speak in 3-4 years, the question is not IF something gets hacked, just how long it takes for a individual to find out how :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592903446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 I wonder what the payout was to walk away from all this. :shifty: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592903458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjor Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 He also quit the jailbreaking scene. I don't think its him giving up, i think its more him being annoyed with punk kids messaging him every day going "omfgz. i needz teh h4x man. hurry up!!11!1one" This x100. I'm sure that he has the skills but with all the pressure he gets from the haxorz community it was inevitable that this would happen. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592903524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh400 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 I wonder what the payout was to walk away from all this. :shifty: Surely you aren't suggesting that Sony did a back hand deal to keep him quiet...? :D Nice move Sony ;) :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592903702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurk Master Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 A win for Sony but a loss to homebrew Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592903796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azies Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 I won't lose any sleep over it, been off of Geohotz jailbreak for a while now and went back to the one I used previously, Quickpwn. As for the PS3, kudos to Sony, they took the experience of the PSP's custom firmware situation and made the PS3 better from it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592903816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 What a silly article. He didn't "give up because the PS3 is too hard". He just left hacking entirely. That means everything including the iPhone and yes, PS3. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592903906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 14, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted July 14, 2010 He's given up on everything, not just the PS3, but still I feel sorry for all the PS3 owners still sitting on pre-OS removal FW because this guy was going to put out CFW "in a month" It was obvious he was talking out his egotistic arse. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592904570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfaaqua Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Alot of envy in this thread....... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592904586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 Kinda posted already. https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920032-geohot-announces-his-resignation/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592904590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted July 14, 2010 MVC Share Posted July 14, 2010 Out of everyone who has tried to hack the PS3 he made the most progress, credit where credit is due he's one smart guy. However I guess the video he released showing a PS3 with 3.21 and the other OS option is fake, or he really just doesn't want to release his findings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-9wLWQ4-uA Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592904618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Fair play to the Sony engineers. I would have expected the Xbox to be harder to crack seen that Microsoft are a software company and Sony focus mainly on hardware. Well that's exactly the point - Microsoft doesn't do hardware. Sony does hardware and designed it to be next to impossible to crack. A win for Sony but a loss to homebrew "homebrew" is such a poor excuse for allowing/encouraging hacking or cracking. such a tiny minority actually use "homebrew" in a non-illegal way Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592905218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted July 15, 2010 Veteran Share Posted July 15, 2010 A win for Sony but a loss to homebrew Well Linux was a perfectly viable option for other uses not built into the PS3 firmware, then he tries to hack in and the only way to stop it possibly becoming widespread was to disable Linux as a whole, I would partly blame this guy for taking away other options. Alot of envy in this thread....... Of? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592905594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
timster Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 In the 2nd source it lists some of his achievements First hacker to jailbreak / unlock iPhone 2G Discovered AT + stkprof command vulnerability which was later used in Yellowsn0w by Dev team to unlock iPhone 3G firmware 2.2 First one to discover iPhone 3G bootloader 5.8 exploits that allows baseband downgrading First public software exploit for jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS (with Purplera1n and Purplesn0w) First Untethered Jailbreak and unlock for iPhone 3GS firmware 3.1 .2 (with Blackra1n and Blacksn0w) Quite a list really. blackra1n was not untethered. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592905604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted July 15, 2010 Veteran Share Posted July 15, 2010 threads merged. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592906390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nub Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 He never delivered on his custom firmware... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592906414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azusa Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I wonder what the payout was to walk away from all this. :shifty: Maybe Sony sent the other men in suits to his house to have a little chat. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592906420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tender_boi Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Fair play to the Sony engineers. I would have expected the Xbox to be harder to crack seen that Microsoft are a software company and Sony focus mainly on hardware. Sony not only makes hardware, but also develops and publishes software (SCE), owns a large chunk of the major Hollywood studios and is large in the music industry (distribution, studio's, labels)...plus they have pioneered many media and data link formats. So imo piracy is probably a top priority for them. mind you I chipped my PS1 and PS2 back in the day and I played them a heck of a lot more than my PS3 :shifty: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592906476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoKiller Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I wonder what the payout was to walk away from all this. :shifty: Exactly my thought :shiftyninja: :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592906526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutierrez Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 DRM 1 / hackers 0... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592908708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 DRM 1 / hackers 0... Unfortunately, I think you're missing a few... thousand... tallies for hackers. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592910294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I bet Sony paid him off. That's what I would have done. Pay him $10,000 to stop messing with the PS3 vs Hundreds of thousands possibly millions in lost revenue to piracy if he succeeded. It's a safe and cheap bet to place. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/920276-ps3-uncrackable-hacker-gives-up/page/2/#findComment-592910302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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