Nintendo Switch 'Mariko' units firmware keys dumped

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With the discovery of the TegraRCM exploit that allowed homebrew enthusiasts to run unsigned code on it, Nintendo responded by releasing new Nintendo Switch units codenamed 'Mariko'. While at first glance this newer model is barely distinguishable from the older one (save for the flashy all-in-red box), it features a better battery life and slightly altered CPU instructions to help with power management and consumption.

However this was at a cost as the boot ROM bug that allowed homebrew enthusiasts and tinkerers to tamper with their switches was fixed for good. This of course upset many owners of the newer Switch iterations, and left people wondering whether or not they could ever enjoy homebrew on their 'Mariko' Switches in the future.

That future might not be too far away as developer @SciresM has successfully managed to dump the keys of the firmware on said units. In his YouTube video he showcases how this process was achieved:


SciresM said:
We have the Mariko firmware keys and fully label Mariko trustzone.


Even if slim, these early developments show that there is a possibility of running homebrew on the Nintendo Switch 'Mariko' units, and getting TrustZone access on the system.

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Congratulations for showing it. Nintendo is going to sue them. They should show it at discord or something. More private. SMH.
 

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Congratulations for showing it. Nintendo is going to sue them. They should show it at discord or something. More private. SMH.

Reverse engineering is legal, plus Im pretty sure they would not have made that stream if they knew it was illegal, and probably they are better informed about that topic as they dedicate to that field.
 

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TOP FUCKING KEK

No, but seriously, Nintendo can cry their faces out. I'm kind of out of fucks to give after these past 4 months and some of the behavior I've been seeing the past few days on both sides of the aisle. (not that anyone of any influence gives a fuck about us in the first place)

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Reverse engineering is legal, plus Im pretty sure they would not have made that stream if they knew it was illegal, and probably they are better informed about that topic as they dedicate to that field.

Even if they did do something, all SciresM has to do is release how to do the exploit and said exploit itself and boom, Nintendo's fucked!

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Nice. At some point once Switch hardware gets real cheap I'll have to pick up a second unit.

I might have a reason to migrate things over to a Switch Lite...

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Could this apply to switch lites?

It should...
 

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then there's absolutely no reason to give money to TX.

SciresM really middlefinggered TX, i'm sure they hardly enjoy it.
 

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then there's absolutely no reason to give money to TX.

SciresM really middlefinggered TX, i'm sure they hardly enjoy it.

Why he already gave a :yay: to TX for their Stage0

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Hey @ gateway, nice stage0 you've got your modchip loading there.

Sciresm video remind my of the videos by Voksi on how to crack Denuvo :wacko:
 
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then there's absolutely no reason to give money to TX.

SciresM really middlefinggered TX, i'm sure they hardly enjoy it.

There is, they dont have any vulnerability, so theres nothing they can do with the keys. You will still need Tx modchip, or wait for someone to design a specialized chip and keep it updated every time nintendo releases a new fw. Probably could happen at some point, but who knows when
 

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There is, they dont have any vulnerability, so theres nothing they can do with the keys. You will still need Tx modchip, or wait for someone to design a specialized chip and keep it updated every time nintendo releases a new fw. Probably could happen at some point, but who knows when
IT'S too soon to be sure, no one has made a step longer than the leg, it's just the beginning, it's exactly same thing happened to 1st switches.

Patience always rewards generously.
 

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then there's absolutely no reason to give money to TX.

SciresM really middlefinggered TX, i'm sure they hardly enjoy it.

But without their chip, people would still be saying "It's not possible" and there would be no keys anywhere. Plus at the moment it's the only chip available and I don't really see anyone coughing up money out of their own pockets to get some open source chip mass produced. Even if someone does, the average person won't be able to afford to make 1 chip for themself. So unless someone with deep pockets reallyyyyy hates TX, TX will have the only modchip for a bit.
 
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But without their chip, people would still be saying "It's not possible" and there would be no keys anywhere. Plus at the moment it's the only chip available and I don't really see anyone coughing up money out of their own pockets to get some open source chip mass produced. Even if someone does, the average person won't be able to afford to make 1 chip for themself. So unless someone with deep pockets reallyyyyy hates TX, TX will have the only modchip for a bit.

In short you are saying that if someone wanna pirate and play games for free ASAP they can buy the modchip? dude, this makes me hardly to believe u are not TX employee.

Beside SciresM has already proved he is able to hack new Switches, all we need to do is wait SCIRESM and co. to develop the free version.

Just like what i said: Patience always rewards.
 
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Wonder if you'll ever be able to go online without a ban like the hacked new 3DS.

Would love to play my homebrew switch online
Simple: Don't do anything that Luma3DS allows you to do (from cheats, duh, to simply enabling the blue-light filter) Works for me, I can play ScreamScraper online like nobody's business, and I essentially have PTSD from Smash 4,
 

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Thankfully I own an old Switch.

Unfortunately I am too wary about hacking it even if I never use it online.
 

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Thankfully I own an old Switch.

Unfortunately I am too wary about hacking it even if I never use it online.

I have never connected my switch online and I am using in flight mode and I have modified it. If you are not going to connect to internet you can go ahead and mod it. Just make a sysNand backup and, if you want to keep it "stock" you can use EmuNAND to do all the fiddling and leave your sysnand untouched and without updating FW
 
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