Hacking fbi cias safe?

[Jacobf0303]

Hi, I don't know if I'm allowed to say it so I won't go into much detail, I have a pokemon ultra sun .cia, if I install through FBI can I play it online? I'm not sure how title keys work and what-not.

Thanks!

 

[Lacius]

It is safe to play online with an FBI-installed Pokemon Ultra Sun, yes.

 

[wormdood]

I'm not sure how title keys work and what-not.

the title key is what tells the eshop that you own the game (so you can redownload it) and therefore has no impact on online play

 

[Pacheko17]

Just install it, nothing else is needed to do.

 

[Lacius]

To be clear, it was unsafe to play the game online before the release date. Since the release date has come and gone, it is safe.

 

[Jacobf0303]

Thanks, everyone!

 

[Ryccardo]

A content (one partition of a physical game's rom, or one .app file) downloaded from Nintendo servers is encrypted with a code, which can be calculated by knowing some factors (mainly the titleid of the game and the key selection, factors which are publicly accessible, and its titlekey, which is included in the "ticket" which you're supposed to buy from the eShop - but titlekeys can also be found on certain 3rd party sites)

That is enough to decrypt a game to the point it can be installed

Then, 9.6+ games also have "seed" encryption covering the romfs and the actual executable (this means that among things NOT further encrypted with the seed are the icon and banner), which means - unless the game was fully decrypted (also called "cryptofixing") before installation - that a seed is required to actually run the game... the whole principle behing digital preorders is that you get the files and the titlekey at your leisure, then when the game is launched you can claim the seed afterwards

 

[Cha0tic]

If you install a downloaded cia you didn't buy/dump with FBI the FBI is going to come after you.