The “unpatchable” exploit that makes every current Nintendo Switch hackable
<i>In the FAQ, Temkin says she has previously notified Nvidia and vendors like Nintendo about the existence of this exploit, providing what she considers an &quot;adequate window [for Nvidia] to communicate with [its] downstream customers and to accomplish as much remediation as is possible for an unpatchable bootROM bug.&quot;</i><p>Why would you even want to do that...? Money? Fame? As I&#x27;ve heard it said memorably, &quot;would you tell someone who takes you hostage and locks you up, that the lock is actually trivial to open?&quot; This is just further evidence of a fact I&#x27;ve noticed for a long time: a lot of security researchers are pro-DRM, pro-corporatocracy authoritarians, and their vision of &quot;more secure&quot; is a dystopian nightmare.<p>I still remember the good old days, when the hacking&#x2F;cracking scene was entirely composed of people doing it for the <i>freedom</i>, with no do-gooding snitches to worry about...<p>10 years ago, if you shared a way to bypass a DRM scheme in the right places, it would live on for a long time. Now, it&#x27;s more likely that some bastard is going to report it and get it patched in days to weeks.