Scene developer Zecoxao might be known for their contributions to the PlayStation hacking world, but this time around, they've got something major for the Nintendo scene. The longtime scener teased the existence of what they claim to be a $3 modchip for the Nintendo Switch, and which is said to work with Mariko and OLED systems, though not patched Erista consoles. A teaser video was also uploaded, where the modchip itself was revealed to be a Raspberry Pi--specifically, a RP2040 Zero unit, soldered into the Switch board, demonstrating Hekate launching on an OLED unit.

Given the tease of "coming soon", we can expect to see more details about the exploit eventually.

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[Jayro]

If they really want to sue someone they will be able to find the person home address, so why bother with vpn, mac address.

Nah. Not if you do it right. Get a VPN that doesn't do logging. Spoofing a MAC address means your real machine isn't visible to them. I don't know what you *think* you know about online privacy, but I assure you these measures work.

 

[r1vver]

How else are you suppose to distribute your source code lol. Even on a selfhosted git server, the exact same issue remains

in tarballs lol. In addition, nowhere was there a single word about some kind of open source

 

[Hayato213]

Nah. Not if you do it right. Get a VPN that doesn't do logging. Spoofing a MAC address means your real machine isn't visible to them. I don't know what you *think* you know about online privacy, but I assure you these measures work.

That is not enough to stop a lawsuit coming in your door, I mean github/discord or where ever the code is shared on will comply with Nintendo as they don't want to be part of that lawsuit, if people can hide behind a mac address spoofing, and vpn, then there will no lawsuit for anyone at all, then why does people still get sue.

 

[peteruk]

Nah. Not if you do it right. Get a VPN that doesn't do logging. Spoofing a MAC address means your real machine isn't visible to them. I don't know what you *think* you know about online privacy, but I assure you these measures work.

Not sure if they have them in the US, but over here if you know the right people you can still get cloned cable modems... pair that with a junk pc (mac address), multiple VM's, proxies and VPN with everything else you've suggested and you're 99.9% unfindable

But like the other person says, well just like any kind of real world crime, you're only as safe as your weakest link... so if you have someone in your inner circle who's not quite as switched on as yourself then you're vulnerable

But like you say, there's a lot of stuff you can do and many walls you can put in place to help prevent them

 

[Jayro]

if people can hide behind a mac address spoofing, and vpn, then there will no lawsuit for anyone at all, then why does people still get sue.

MAC spoofing and VPNs exist to protect people's anonymity. They're not out there selling snake oil, this stuff actually works.

 

[Hayato213]

MAC spoofing and VPNs exist to protect people's anonymity. They're not out there selling snake oil, this stuff actually works.

Obviously you sound clueless, vpn company out there will still if law enforcement request the info, so that ain't going to protect you if you get hit with a lawsuit, so the vpn company will give up your info.

 

[Jayro]

Obviously you sound clueless, vpn company out there will still if law enforcement request the info, so that ain't going to protect you if you get hit with a lawsuit, so the vpn company will give up your info.

What info? The prepaid VISA I use to pay for it? The same fake name I use everywhere for everything online? They're not getting any new useful info, lol. Every avenue they'd be chasing is a dead end.

 

[Hayato213]

What info? The prepaid VISA I use to pay for it? The same fake name I use everywhere for everything online? They're not getting any new useful info, lol. Every avenue they'd be chasing is a dead end.

VPN company have to comply with the law if there was a legal law enforcement request, so the VPN company can't protect you.

 

[Duo8]

What info? The prepaid VISA I use to pay for it? The same fake name I use everywhere for everything online? They're not getting any new useful info, lol. Every avenue they'd be chasing is a dead end.

Your IP which they then ask the ISP to find your contract.

 

[peteruk]

VPN company have to comply with the law if there was a legal law enforcement request, so the VPN company can't protect you.

Not disagreeing with you, just adding to the conversation that Mullad keep zero anything, you can even pay them with crypto and I'm pretty sure I read they receive cash through the mail

 

[KakowihitoDesu]

As usual, nothing for patched Erista models

 

[AngryCinnabon]

Hopefully this manages to stick around at 3 dollars, if it does then i wouldn't mind picking one up when they're out instead of a hwfly since those cost an arm and a leg!

 

[Ryab]

hoping for a solderless method in the near future, anyway this is will be a good alternative for the hwfly chip.

solderless methods are basically not going to happen. They need to be connected somehow.

 

[ZeroT21]

I'm more a fan of softmods, but this is still nice given the limited options

 

[r1vver]

Your IP which they then ask the ISP to find your contract.

kek. Let me not even start talking about VPN cascades in different countries.
Just take a secondhand phone bought from random hands and a prepaid sim card with internet plan also bought from random hands. Throw away after use.

But somehow we, with all this kindergarten security, have completely moved away from the most important thing - How to pirate Nintendo for less. Preferably no more than $3.

 

[Duo8]

kek. Let me not even start talking about VPN cascades in different countries.
Just take a secondhand phone bought from random hands and a prepaid sim card with internet plan also bought from random hands. Throw away after use.

But somehow we, with all this kindergarten security, have completely moved away from the most important thing - How to pirate Nintendo for less. Preferably no more than $3.

$3 is possible if you're ok with the modchip hanging off the back of your switch.

 

[ghjfdtg]

Still sceptic because i don't see a mosfet anywhere on that picture but if this is real it's finally an affordable option. Fuck hwfly with their overpriced garbage clones.

 

[r1vver]

Okay, I agree, this has already gone too far.
I hope that the developer is doing well and according to plan.
Any alternative solution is good for evolution of "sports" in general and for ordinary users in particular.

 

[BaamAlex]

Can someone send me the teaser video from zippy? I can't visit this site because i live in germany.

 

[ploggy]

Can someone send me the teaser video from zippy? I can't visit this site because i live in germany.

Someone reposted the vid to twitter