   PS3 homebrew and the possibilities
  PS3 supporting homebrew is great news. We get to do all sorts of things with it. I wonder though if it's not another Linux kit. If the PS3 allows booting of user code, wouldn't that make exploits/ mods / piracy all too easy for crackers?   
  Presumably there will be an protection feature where the user will not be allowed to access some parts of memory, and they'll only be able to read the the dvd drive through specific functions.Or something of the sort. It won't make it impossible for experienced crackers and modders.   ;  User code bootable, detachable pc hard drive - seems friendly for piracy. This is not a bad thing for us in Bangladesh [where Sony/ms/nintendo don't market and average incomes very low], but....I guess it won't be inviting all the hackers of the world to unite like MS did (putting epoxy on the chip...ha ha). How long do you think before a mod comes? There's supposedly a working mod in testing for the 360. How long did it take before the first piracy to surface for the previous platforms (i.e. Mega drive, saturn, ps, ps2, xbox, dreamcast) after their release?   ;Quote:Original post by HeartattacKUser code bootable, detachable pc hard drive - seems friendly for piracy. This is not a bad thing for us in Bangladesh [where Sony/ms/nintendo don't market and average incomes very low], but....I guess it won't be inviting all the hackers of the world to unite like MS did (putting epoxy on the chip...ha ha). How long do you think before a mod comes? There's supposedly a working mod in testing for the 360. How long did it take before the first piracy to surface for the previous platforms (i.e. Mega drive, saturn, ps, ps2, xbox, dreamcast) after their release?A complete mod? No idea. I do know that there has already been a "crack" which was actually just changing the firmware in the dvd drive so it would correctly play copied disks. But that was just changing the dvd drive, not the actual xbox motherboard or software.   