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Re:Sony PS5 ROM keys leaked – jailbreaking could be made eas... by m4rtink on Thursday January 01, 2026 @03:57PM (#46457931)
Wouldn't it be great if companies spent the time and effort needed for all these wonderful things that prevent the owner from using the hardware they own how they see fit and instead invested the resources into making the product better ?

All this is basically a fragile anti-user timebomb that will only generate more avoidable e-waste eventually.

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Re:Sony PS5 ROM keys leaked – jailbreaking could be made eas... by Uvix on Thursday January 01, 2026 @04:51PM (#46458448)
For some users, preventing downgrades to an insecure version is a better product since it protects against evil maid attacks.

(Although ideally they would itself trap that functionality behind a fuse, so you have to opt-in but can't be opted out.)

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Re:Sony PS5 ROM keys leaked – jailbreaking could be made eas... by Dylan16807 on Thursday January 01, 2026 @05:55PM (#46459103)
You can get a similar level of protection against evil maids by requiring a wipe to downgrade.
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