Homebrew Nintendo now has a 3DS bug bounty page open

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Okay, I'll reply to you just this one time to see if you get it.

Remember the way a9lh worked? How you had to get back to 2.1 to get the console keys and install the exploit?
Well, they still have the master keys, since OTP cannot be changed (one time programmable code), they could just as easily overwrite firm 0/1 by re-exploiting their own code, or somehow reversing a9lh.

Well, this shall prove amusing, now more than ever i want to see what is disclosed by smea at the talk. they claimed to have won the game after all.


But that wouldn't make more sense if Nintendo is going to release updated 3DS hardware, instead of trying to fix already hacked ones?
 

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the switch uses a nivea chip so if you hard mod it you could flash android on to it

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But that wouldn't make more sense if Nintendo is going to release updated 3DS hardware, instead of trying to fix already hacked ones?
they all ready did that before and it did not work with the new 3ds it was hacked like not long after it came out because they ran basically the same software as the old 3ds mostly with just more ram and a better arm 11
 
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You think that, but there are plenty of reasons why hackers would go for such an offer.
Just look at GBATemp itself, most people using A9lh being all high and mighty, thinking that they are all safe from any hacks. Iiterally thinking that they have no risks and are entitled to pirate and do what they want.
The real hackers did all the stuff for us. But some are being conceited about it. Just saying. Note that hackers also have animosity towards the tempers, and rightfully so.
I can definitely see some doing it not for the money, but for the hilarity and chaos that will cause in here.
All current exploits are open-sourced and well explained aren't they?

Current practice, find bug ==> work on exploit ==> release exploit with docs when time feels right ==> wait for Ninty to respond.

This seems to be an effort to have it switch to industry norm for security bugs. i.e. find bug/issue; theorise possible exploit; detail issue to company for bounty, wait an alloted time then release bug/exploit to community.
 

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But that wouldn't make more sense if Nintendo is going to release updated 3DS hardware, instead of trying to fix already hacked ones?

Yeah, it would. But it's not like Nintendo has ever made sense. It seems like their objective is to "vita"lize the 3ds completely for what's left of their lifetime.
 
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nintedos consoles so far have always been hackable like the xbox one has not been hacked the ps4 did but it only has been hacked on an old firmware once
 

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They dosen't hace any report yet
 

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You think that, but there are plenty of reasons why hackers would go for such an offer.
Just look at GBATemp itself, most people using A9lh being all high and mighty, thinking that they are all safe from any hacks. Iiterally thinking that they have no risks and are entitled to pirate and do what they want.
The real hackers did all the stuff for us. But some are being conceited about it. Just saying. Note that hackers also have animosity towards the tempers, and rightfully so.
I can definitely see some doing it not for the money, but for the hilarity and chaos that will cause in here.
"Community", in this case, is a blanket term. I wasn't just referring to this site. I also wasn't referring to A9LH users.
 

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Stop jumping into conclusions.

Nintendo has never cared about exploits in older firmwares. They won't do anything to "patch A9LH" because, right now, to install A9LH you need an entrypoint in an older firmware. And that's what they care about, preventing new entrypoints from being discovered, like the recent DSiware downgrade, in hopes that the next person who finds a new one reports it to them for money.

They want to make sure the newest firmware has everything patched and that new systems being sold right now are fine. I'd say 80% of the 3DS userbase (probably more than that, just a guess) updates their system regularly.
 
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Damn, If I was a hacker I would sell out in a heartbeat.

But maybe that's just me (doubt it)

Yeah but, if you read the legal, it's kinda pointless as they can just say no to paying anything out and still take all the work you've put into it.

"Nintendo reserves the right to modify the terms of this program at any time.

You have no obligation to provide Nintendo with the abovementioned security and vulnerability information. However, you agree that by submitting such information to Nintendo, even if the information is not eligible for a reward, you grant Nintendo a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicenseable, fully-paid and royalty-free license under any and all intellectual property rights that you own or control to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon and otherwise exploit such information for any purpose."
 

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thing is nintedo can't go into your house and control your 3ds or take it off you so theres no point in making it illegal to hack the system
 

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I did't read too much here, just wanted to say that this backs up my theory that the Switch will be able to play 3DS games.
Have you seen how the switch looks? Bro the 3ds has 2 screens, switch got 1. All 3ds games use the bottom screen for some purpose, and therefore the switch doesn't have the nessicerry hardware. Not to mention that its a hybrid, meant to be played on a TV too, with a controller. I mean, even when you remove it and play it mobile, the controller buttons slide onto the side of the console. Which = no 3ds compatibility due to the lack of a touch screen. And not to mention, even if it did, the buttons go on the sides of the console, making it much too awkward to play normally. In fact that "theory" only arose on the net when people saw the switch play cartridges in the release trailer. So did the n64. Don't see backward compatibility for NES on that


thing is nintedo can't go into your house and control your 3ds or take it off you so theres no point in making it illegal to hack the system
See the premise behind buying a system is to legally say I own it. No matter who manufactured the product, if I dropped $80 at a GameStop, I'm entitled to do whatever the fk I want with it, no ifs, ands, or buts. That's why hacking a system is always legal. It becomes illegal when you pirate software
 
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>create patches
>revert patches in the hacking community because you know how it was done
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Link is here.

It seems to be looking to stop a variety of things, including piracy, ROM hacks/save editing, and ARM11/ARM9 exploits, and is paying from $100 USD to $20,000 USD for exploits.

Interestingly, it seems to be only targeting 3DS systems, and not Wii U.

Wow, Nintendo is blackmailing people for hacking turn into money cash. @_@
 

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See the premise behind buying a system is to legally say I own it. No matter who manufactured the product, if I dropped $80 at a GameStop, I'm entitled to do whatever the fk I want with it, no ifs, ands, or buts. That's why hacking a system is always legal. It becomes illegal when you pirate software
Incorrect. Purchasing a system means you are purchasing the right to use the system as the manufacturer intended. The EULA covers this, and when you hit "I agree", you are legally obligated to abide by the agreement. You don't own the system, the manufacturer does.
 

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