First thanks pesaroso for that quote.
I am however now curious about the changes at the system level and if indeed it is worth backing up nand now before potential bans (I doubt efuses will be blown and version numbers bumped and as data is unchanged and as such still signed........). The stuff to do this is trivial really.
I base this on the fact that even if we lack the ability for homebrew proper we can still mess with region changing and the like if we have console specific keys, I then posit that as the only need for keys is resigning and if we have a pre ban dump well I am sure you can see where things are going here.
Naturally you could not get back on live but it seems bans now carry a penalty worth noting beyond the no live thing this might be worthwhile exploring....
Just a note on switching innards assuming a twist on return fraud is something you are cool with, any posts on how the filth or rent a filth are now after you will be laughed at by everyone who reads them and by similar token any future background checks may be able to skip over minor stuff but we are flirting with the big leagues here:
Remember HDMI did not always exist and faking it at an inspection level is probably outside most of your skillsets seen as it is on the bottom and the chunky "original" cable is now on top. The man in the shop may or may not be an avid gamer and more importantly can not be counted on to be stupid or inattentive (you probably count yourself and your associates among the brighter members of society; how many of you have done shop work for whatever reason over the last few years or as you were coming up?).
Did you pay with traceable debit/credit card for live*?
*RROD/e74 + your favourite auction/selling site or possibly strangers on a train if you are feeling risky.
Usual rules apply:
Cash or otherwise untraceable currency and try not to get it out of the machine on the way to the shop.
You are a useless storyteller and an even worse conman so do not try it/keep it simple.
Several towns over if you can.
Fake address (foreclosures, available rental properties and stuff on the market is good if you can not talk your way out of a collision- my [insert known person] lives there.....) and fake ID if necessary.
Any fool can look up car plates (I assure you walmart have investigators on retainer and then calling up a friend looking for plates is easy enough, the chains are not chains but franchises which seriously localises things)- public transport is good.
Never same the con twice.
If it is done and you do not need to talk about it much less on the internet.
You lose the ability to go into that shop and preferably chain (doubt me: I have countless examples of pub landlords recognising people the barred some 20 years on for relatively minor offences and this is the difference between spotty teenager and 40 something- that $150 is the difference between a target and not).
Do not expect return on investment to be 100% (it will probably cost you do to this, similarly it might be worth getting a pro rather than an arcade) and so on and so on.
I am however now curious about the changes at the system level and if indeed it is worth backing up nand now before potential bans (I doubt efuses will be blown and version numbers bumped and as data is unchanged and as such still signed........). The stuff to do this is trivial really.
I base this on the fact that even if we lack the ability for homebrew proper we can still mess with region changing and the like if we have console specific keys, I then posit that as the only need for keys is resigning and if we have a pre ban dump well I am sure you can see where things are going here.
Naturally you could not get back on live but it seems bans now carry a penalty worth noting beyond the no live thing this might be worthwhile exploring....
Just a note on switching innards assuming a twist on return fraud is something you are cool with, any posts on how the filth or rent a filth are now after you will be laughed at by everyone who reads them and by similar token any future background checks may be able to skip over minor stuff but we are flirting with the big leagues here:
Remember HDMI did not always exist and faking it at an inspection level is probably outside most of your skillsets seen as it is on the bottom and the chunky "original" cable is now on top. The man in the shop may or may not be an avid gamer and more importantly can not be counted on to be stupid or inattentive (you probably count yourself and your associates among the brighter members of society; how many of you have done shop work for whatever reason over the last few years or as you were coming up?).
Did you pay with traceable debit/credit card for live*?
*RROD/e74 + your favourite auction/selling site or possibly strangers on a train if you are feeling risky.
Usual rules apply:
Cash or otherwise untraceable currency and try not to get it out of the machine on the way to the shop.
You are a useless storyteller and an even worse conman so do not try it/keep it simple.
Several towns over if you can.
Fake address (foreclosures, available rental properties and stuff on the market is good if you can not talk your way out of a collision- my [insert known person] lives there.....) and fake ID if necessary.
Any fool can look up car plates (I assure you walmart have investigators on retainer and then calling up a friend looking for plates is easy enough, the chains are not chains but franchises which seriously localises things)- public transport is good.
Never same the con twice.
If it is done and you do not need to talk about it much less on the internet.
You lose the ability to go into that shop and preferably chain (doubt me: I have countless examples of pub landlords recognising people the barred some 20 years on for relatively minor offences and this is the difference between spotty teenager and 40 something- that $150 is the difference between a target and not).
Do not expect return on investment to be 100% (it will probably cost you do to this, similarly it might be worth getting a pro rather than an arcade) and so on and so on.
Rotflmao