PS4 Waiting for Exploits on lower firmware? Why it might not be worth it ....

When a groundbreaking exploit hits a device, the most successful hacks that launch a scene, are the exploits enabling things such as un-authozired code / homebrew on the device with the latest firmware at the time the exploit goes public. As this is obviously when you have the biggest audience (end-user & developer's), In most cases the manufacture makes a quick update in the days / weeks to come, as Sony wishes to patch the exploit , however by then many people and outside news hubs are educated and well aware to stay on that firmware and as they look and await the firmware update that patches the expoit, ​

You take the PS4 for example say an exploit arises on a lower firmware, such as the case with v1.76 . You are left with a limited and very niche audience. This restricts not only the end-user but also potential developers who has to track down & buy new hardware as there is no downgrade process available thus losing alot of potential development of the platform out of the gate. So, usually after a few releases the exploits peaks, with exploits arising on lower firmwares is not useless as they are very useful for research, documentation, and future development as developer's and hacker's can learn more about the device. So, its not a waste in any sorts of the form, but for the user saying "should i not update" because there is this or that rumor. I would say my opinion on this matter is to update because any meaningful exploit has to be on current firmware to have any impact in creating a Homebrew Platform.

Recently well known hacker within the console scene in Mathieuth tweeted the following " Friendly advice, buy a ps4 pro while it's still on firmware 3.70 and don't update it." and then when asked about original PS4 the following was stated "Anything lower than 4.06 is fine". So while an exploit could be on the way, does this exploit mean good things for the PS4 Community and an explosion of Homebrew like on previous console? I would say not so fast with those predictions and give caution on those thoughts. The problem with this exploit its already patched before it has been made public. So its not as effective as previous Sony hacks like the PlayStation 3 on 3.41 or 3.55 firmware where those exploits were made available when these were the current firmwares. Or lets fast forward to a more recent hack with HENkaku for the PS Vita and PsTV where the community and user's had several weeks before Sony patched the exploit with 3.61 firmware (vita). If HENkaku had been on a previous firmware such as 3.55 when 3.60 was the latest. The impact of HENkaku i feel would of been much less. There would not be as many user's and therefore we would not of seen as many developer's and projects. It would of greatly reduce the impact of the hack in terms of launching homebrew scene for the Vita.

So, now do you think you should "wait to update" in regards to some of these latest PS4 rumors?The choice is yours, I am just offering a different perspective and comparison of most successful exploits and hacks of other PlayStation Devices. ​

 

@habib Isn't already dead? ;p

 

Yeah all that vita first stage webkit exploits was ported to ps4 but they stuck on kernel things if i understand correctly. But no one ported it to ps3, where we actually probably know next step.

It has been actually
Xerpis exploit, it can dump ram on ps3 so an rop chain and boom, unsigned code can be executed....unless your target is solely piracy, this might even get workaround later on lol

 

Its a matter of creating a rop chain with webkit
Ps3 is also hackable right now just that no one cares about it, you just need a rop chain, we already passed memory regioning restriction and also we can dump memory including lv2
I dont know webkit and web development a lot and im not as convinced for ps3 because its soon to be dead console
Anyone who knows ppc ,webkit should be able to create a rop chain which would allow userland code execution

It's a pity nobody wants to do it,i got a 500gb superslim ps3 and i would really like to use game backups instead of having ti search for my disk that could get broken someday

 

sure devs have private stuff but I don't understand how people can believe that rumors. I mean they think they will get a 3.70 exploit soon only because someone who doesn't work on ps4, has posted not to update. we know of the 1.76 exploit and we saw the proof of an 4.01 exploit. there are no facts if another guy posts a picture of a rebug cfw or a mm4 video
you know there is a site (I personal don't have anything against the site) which you can read much rumors, the most is just bs and give many people false hope. this is just my opinion.

ps: I don't believe that someone have a 1.76 cfw. we don't have seen a decrypted pup yet.

Some places seem to be more about the mis-leading headlines (page clicks) . That site wants to do anything possible to be the Top searches for PS4 Homebrew Hacks cracks, exploits and such. Which is fine, if you doing it with respect to the scene. You need content for that and with no content you have to BullShit everyone and have LOTS of misleading headlines. Credibility is not a factor, as long as it has a catchy headline that will be clicked. They do it for page clicks (for ad revenue ) and try to get ahead of the Honest sites who are not filling pages with BS rumors just to get a head start on search engines and make a few bucks for when the PS4 scene really breaks loose .