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incognito
Wipes personal information from your Nintendo Switch by removing it from prodinfo.

purpose
a) So your switch can go online without worrying about a ban or using random dogdy DNS servers that are also likely to get you banned.

b) so malicious homebrew applications cannot steal your personal certificate.

disclaimer
Always have a nand backup. I am not responsible for any bricks or bans. Use at your own risk, experimental.

This application backs up your prodinfo to the SD root, you should keep this backup in a more secure location, and not leave it on the SD card where malicious applications can read it.

https://github.com/blawar/incognito

edit: atmosphere blocks writes to CAL0, so you must use ReiNX or SX OS to install this. Once installed, you can switch back to atmosphere.

 

[designgears]

The info in ProdInfo is the unique data Nintendo uses to ban. Nulling it out gives Nintendo nothing to uniquely identify your Switch in order to issue a ban.

Just because that's where the system pulls that info from doesn't mean it doesn't exist in some place we don't know about.

 

[blahblah]

Just because that's where the system pulls that info from doesn't mean it doesn't exist in some place we don't know about.

The Switch is not a black box. We know things, we can see what is stored in the eMMC, decrypt it, read it, understand it. The Prodinfo is only in one place.

 

[designgears]

The Switch is not a black box. We know things, we can see what is stored in the eMMC, decrypt it, read it, understand it. The Prodinfo is only in one place.

Not saying you're wrong, but I'm going to remain cautious.

 

[blahblah]

Not saying you're wrong, but I'm going to remain cautious.

You are welcome to remain paranoid and wrong. Or you could educate yourself. Your choice.

 

[designgears]

You are welcome to remain paranoid and wrong. Or you could educate yourself. Your choice.

cautious... and I've read the SwitchWiki.

https://wikidiff.com/cautious/paranoid

 

[blahblah]

cautious... and I've read the SwitchWiki.

https://wikidiff.com/cautious/paranoid

No, it's paranoia based on a complete lack of technical understanding. If you understood what you read, you'd understand how the Switch security model prevents dirty tricks like 'copying the ProdInfo somewhere else'.

Not everything is hard. Defer to experts. Don't question everything all the time. The person that made this tool knows what they are doing.

 

[LapCheong]

Just use both...Why is it so hard? I specially restore my nand to test incognito mode since previous i was using 90dns. So far 90dns has serve me well

 

[blahblah]

Just use both...Why is it so hard? I specially restore my nand to test incognito mode since previous i was using 90dns. So far 90dns has serve me well

Using both serves absolutely no purpose. It's like putting on a condom after cutting off your dick.

 

[designgears]

No, it's paranoia based on a complete lack of technical understanding. If you understood what you read, you'd understand how the Switch security model prevents dirty tricks like 'copying the ProdInfo somewhere else'.

Not everything is hard. Defer to experts. Don't question everything all the time. The person that made this tool knows what they are doing.

I don't understand why you're still arguing with yourself when I agreed with you.

 

[Chocola]

I don't understand why you're still arguing with yourself when I agreed with you.

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Edit: Forgive it, I'm wrong on this message

 

[Reecey]

Can I ask a quick question please in between the drama can you use this with going online play or does it block everything I know on the front page it says so you can go online undetected but what online features can you actually use with incognito? Thanks

 

[ZachyCatGames]

The prod info (raw and data) are written to eMMC the first time that you power on the Switch on a process called "calibration", obviusly this info should be generated based on other datas that aren't stored on the eMMC (hardware serials for example), so yes, you are right, I think that they don't depend of prodinfo only to identify a device.

cal0 is generated and written to the nand at the factory (and is never touched afterwards). It’s not generated when you boot the system for the first time

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Can I ask a quick question please in between the drama can you use this with going online play or does it block everything I know on the front page it says so you can go online undetected but what online features can you actually use with incognito? Thanks

It prevents your Switch from connecting to Nintendo stuff, you can still connect it to the internet though

 

[Reecey]

cal0 is generated and written to the nand at the factory (and is never touched afterwards). It’s not generated when you boot the system for the first time

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It prevents your Switch from connecting to Nintendo stuff, you can still connect it to the internet though

Sorry that doesn’t really help me so are you saying you cannot use for example Splatoon 2 or Mario Kart 8 online playing but you can have an internet connection through settings? It says you can use your switch online without worrying about a ban but that is a big answer does it mean online as in eshop, online gaming looking at new Nintendo games adverts or does it just mean it will run an internet connection through settings and connect and that’s as far as it goes? It doesn’t really explain properly and no one can seem to give me the correct answer. If it just gives an internet connection to your switch and that’s it I cannot see the point else really there is no point in connecting your switch to the internet at all because there is no need for it anyway.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Sorry that doesn’t really help me so are you saying you cannot use for example Splatoon 2 or Mario Kart 8 online playing but you can have an internet connection through settings? It says you can use your switch online without worrying about a ban but that is a big answer does it mean online as in eshop, online gaming looking at new Nintendo games adverts or does it just mean it will run an internet connection through settings and connect and that’s as far as it goes? It doesn’t really explain properly and no one can seem to give me the correct answer.

It has pretty much the same effect as a DNS, no Nintendo online stuff (eshop, online play, etc), but you can still connect to the internet (mostly useful for homebrews that use the internet)

 

[Reecey]

It has pretty much the same effect as a DNS, no Nintendo online stuff (eshop, online play, etc), but you can still connect to the internet (mostly useful for homebrews that use the internet)

Thanks but I really don’t see the point in this, what homebrew really needs an internet connection that you cannot do through dns that sxos already provides on boot up.

 

[Chocola]

cal0 is generated and written to the nand at the factory (and is never touched afterwards). It’s not generated when you boot the system for the first time

True, I confused with another process of first boot, the calibration process it's on factory and all data are written there.

Thanks but I really don’t see the point in this, what homebrew really needs an internet connection that you cannot do through dns that sxos already provides on boot up.

It's simple, don't all use SX OS, so for the users that have Atmosphere or ReiNX are a helper to try to prevent a ban.

 

[ottos1989]

Okay, I ran the program and did a test, but where the heck is the prodinfo file located on the sd card? what i it named on the root because i dont see it at all

 

[designgears]

Okay, I ran the program and did a test, but where the heck is the prodinfo file located on the sd card? what i it named on the root because i dont see it at all

It's in the switch folder, it's also part of your rawnand.bin.

 

[deurk]

I just have a quick question (might have not seen it while going through the thread):
- This tool removes permanently my unique Switch prodinfo (certificates) unless I restore the prodinfo.bin, correct?
- How can I check that this is indeed the case and that I won't get banned going online?

My unit shipped in 4.0.1 and has never known anything else than offline mode, I have a full clean NAND backup and I'd like to keep the possibility to go back online #oneday.

Thanks.

 

[thaikhoa]

I just have a quick question (might have not seen it while going through the thread):
- This tool removes permanently my unique Switch prodinfo (certificates) unless I restore the prodinfo.bin, correct?
- How can I check that this is indeed the case and that I won't get banned going online?

My unit shipped in 4.0.1 and has never known anything else than offline mode, I have a full clean NAND backup and I'd like to keep the possibility to go back online #oneday.

Thanks.

- Yes
- System settings > System > Serial number > Look at the console, it will be empty.