Just over eight months after launch, the PS Vita has been hacked – but it won’t be used to evil ends, claims the coder responsible.<\/p>\n
Yifun Lu’s Usermode Vita Loader <\/a>is a homebrew loader for the handheld, and can be used to load custom (unsigned<\/a>) software on the device. But according to Lu, it’s “physically impossible to decrypt or load retail games with my exploit”, because that’s the way he wants it.<\/p>\n “I am 100% against piracy and no tool I will make will benefit piracy. This tool, in fact, cannot be used for loading backups\/pirated content even if I want to because of the physical limitations of the exploit – it is userland, no rights to decrypt\/load games,” he told PlayStation Lifestyle.<\/p>\n He admitted, however, that the loader could be used as a backdoor for additional system compromise.<\/p>\n “When the exploit goes public, it could be used as a stepping stone to analyze the system for farther exploits, including the more desirable kernel exploit, which if found would open the system up entirely,” he explained. “However, it takes a lot of skills to find such an exploit, and those who I talked to with the necessary skills are all anti-piracy. However, not thinking of potential other exploits, this one can only \u00a0be used to load homebrews and nothing else.”<\/p>\n The loader is still in development, and even a demo won’t be available “for at least a couple of months”, so that gives Sony plenty of time to issue a mandatory update that locks Lu out of the system. Or send assassins.<\/p>\n Metal Gear Solid HD Collection PS Vita review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n More than 100 PS one, PSP classics now available for PS Vita<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nSource: PlayStation LifeStyle<\/a><\/h5>\n
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