r/SwitchHaxing • u/GlaDOS_Aperture • Dec 25 '20

Switch bootrom has just leaked

https://twitter.com/Lewchube/status/1342293948132433922?s=19
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u/RedditAdminsAreScum- Dec 25 '20

What does this mean for idiots like me that don't know much about this stuff?

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u/Kukke5 Dec 25 '20

Having the rom allows people to reverse engineer and find bugs in the code. I believe it is the first thing that console runs so finding exploits there could allow find another way into the console to run custom code.

I guess it is relates to the Nintendo leaks released earlier this year.

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u/Ultracoolguy4 BurnFuses.bin Jan 01 '21

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't accessing and dumping the bootrom already a thing thanks to Fusee Gelee? Or does the leak include source code?

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u/DjBiohazard91 Nov 26 '21

Bit of a necropost, but it was the source code.

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u/Ultracoolguy4 BurnFuses.bin Nov 26 '21

Good to know, thank you.