Hacking Im going to have a 3DS decapped, i need help

[Normmatt]

Neither of those would be sufficient would they, one is just a tear down, the other would only be the top and bottom layers of the processor

True, they are both useless.

 

[Mikecrowfone]

So what can (not will) decapping lead to? Exploits for all firmware? Downgrading without dumps?

 

[Duo8]

So what can (not will) decapping lead to? Exploits for all firmware? Downgrading without dumps?

Easier piracy maybe.
In details: Keys, algos and bootrom afaik.

 

[Mikecrowfone]

Easier piracy maybe.
In details: Keys, algos and bootrom afaik.

Any basic explanation of what the keys, algorithms, bootrom can do?

 

[Duo8]

Any basic explanation of what the keys, algorithms, bootrom can do?

Decrypt/encrypt things without real system.
Making emulators.
Piracy.

 

[Mikecrowfone]

Decrypt/encrypt things without real system.
Making emulators.
Piracy.

Sounds to me to be the most useful of the 3. Should leapfrog rom translation efforts.
Emulators is still a form of piracy tbh.
Piracy? As in on all 3DS firmwares?

 

[Duo8]

Sounds to me to be the most useful of the 3. Should leapfrog rom translation efforts.
Emulators is still a form of piracy tbh.
Piracy? As in on all 3DS firmwares?

It won't instantly enable piracy but maybe. Just maybe, if we're lucky.

 

[Mikecrowfone]

It won't instantly enable piracy but maybe. Just maybe, if we're lucky.

Well. The saddest part is that with the recent rom decryption efforts, you still need piracy-mode enabled to take advantage of the results (i.e. future rom translation etc)

 

[Parasite X]

That is some craziness there (PS1 decap info). By the time it is all figured out the [Four]DS might be at its end of life... Or ssspwn might be released.

can you imagine how insane 4D will be I love the thought of it

 

[cracker]

4D is crazy man! We live in/through it.

 

[WulfyStylez]

People implying it would cause piracy are saying through exploiting the bootrom. I'd assume the bootrom is mostly secure, though. I'd also assume it would cost you more than an arm and a leg (maybe six generations' limbs) to get a lab to read it out for you.

Please try to clarify before saying DECAP = PIRACY GAIZ because that's not a reasonable immediate conclusion.

 

[Lastly]

I'm going to make a new thread with this post. I know it's against the rule to post duplicate info, and repost a post as a new thread, but I feel that far less people, especially "scientific genius," will read this in a trivial "I need help..." thread. Please feel free to delete this post, if needed.

My professor has recently asked me to go buy a Electron Microscope for the lab using the campus' budget of $10,000. Any student can use it during the campus' hours. With that said, I have not idea where to start. I learn some brief theoretical information about Scanning Election Microscope and Transmission Electron Microscope, but what is practical in the real world is quite arcane to me. From the very scarce and sparse info online, I found that decapping and reverse engineering would most likely require a SEM. Is that right, and if so, what model?

If someone acknowledgeable would point me out to the right model, I would gladly decap in my free time, which in turn would reduce a great amount of money spent on some external lab. I'm still a n00b at things, but with the resource available and some nights at the library, I'm sure I can pull it off.