Hacking SX OS contains brick code!

[FAST6191]

Not sure what I feel about this. The obvious thing to compare it to would be the gateway stuff ( https://gbatemp.net/threads/warning-gateway-team-bricks-card-on-purpose.360568/ ), however that seemed far less well handled than this appears to be at this point.

Will have to both refresh myself on the gateway specifics and learn more of what goes here. I am certainly not a fan of bricking code being out there like that though.

 

[punderino]

The gateway team said the same thing about it only affecting "pirates" and that it wouldn't harm legit users. Whether they were legit or not, reports did come in from geniune users who got bricked on gateway. Either way brick code is a bad idea even if it only affects a small number of legit users.

It shouldn't affect any normal users. It hasn't yet, so why care?

 

[MaxAni]

https://twitter.com/CTCaer/status/1010995866549850112?s=19

More more info.

 

[lisreal2401]

you guys are really gullible

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Sorry, but locking people out of their own device with a password is malicious, no matter what the reason is. Especially when it's someone selling piracy-enabling devices doing it. Damn.

 

[KTroopA]

Brixgate cometh

 

[Baoulettes]

They should provide a way for lambda user to unlock it with console specific payload.

I mean there is maybe a tiny chance it trigger the wrong person and there it will be a pain in ass for both of seller and buyer.
Imagine someone who brought it and can prove it got bricked.. (I doubt it will but being caution and ready for all it's always better

 

[WeedZ]

If it has brick code it should be considered malware

 

[Deleted-442439]

Feel like its time to pull this out again:

 

[MaxAni]

Read it all

 

[punderino]

Say it louder for the people in the back.

Oh come on, you know people are going to read only the title of the thread and immediately think their Switch is gonna get bricked. Trying to circumvent that.

 

[Naridar]

Look, everything can mistrigger. I'm fine with them doing this as long as they agree to repair and/or replace my Switch should their code brick it and they can't conclusively prove I tried to crack their software. In any other case, this is not okay.

 

[cearp]

Sorry, but locking people out of their own device with a password is malicious, no matter what the reason is. Especially when it's someone selling piracy-enabling devices doing it. Damn.

Yeah, but if I'm selling a shady device, and I don't want people reversing it, I'd do it.
It's like protecting your drug den with guns.
If Nintendo bricked hackers for hacking, that's different, they would get sued.

No one will sue tx lol (although Nintendo probably want to)

 

[13_Switch_Hacker_37]

Sorry, but "it's not the kind of thing to mistrigger" isn't good enough for me.

I bet the Gateway devs didn't think it would mistrigger either.

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Sorry, but "it's not the kind of thing to mistrigger" isn't good enough for me.

I bet the Gateway devs didn't think it would mistrigger either.

More importantly, it shouldn't matter how it's triggered. It's still a shady thing to do.

Yeah, but if I'm selling a shady device, and I don't want people reversing it, I'd do it.
It's like protecting your drug den with guns.
If Nintendo bricked hackers for hacking, that's different, they would get sued.

No one will sue tx lol (although Nintendo probably want to)

I know why they did it, but they're just making themselves look bad by doing it.

 

[kamesenin888]

Don't tamper the releases of sx os or you could get bricked, it seems the brick is similar to what gateway did

 

[leerpsp]

View attachment 133151 Don't tamper the releases of sx os or you could get bricked, it seems the brick is similar to what gateway did

why post something like this with out any proof..... hope a mod locks this.

 

[punderino]

What even is that for an account and server? Xecuter doesn't use Discord...

Simon's Discord, hadn't looked into it too-too much but they are trust worthy apparently.

 

[kamesenin888]

I put the tweet from hekxys

 

[Brawl345]

Simon's Discord, hadn't looked into it too-too much but they are trust worthy apparently.

No lol, that's fake. And Simon's Discord ist cancerous as shit, anyone can claim to be Xecuter there.