Originally posted by svrob
Well the console just came out and yes I know there is not going to be any jailbroken ps4's. But I want your opinion! How long do you think the console will last before someone finds an exploit that blows open the whole filesystem? Now that the instruction set on the ps3 is x86 and the cpu/gpu is basically the same as a gaming pc, if the console gets jailbroken we're talking running windows, who knows maybe even a dual boot thing, and yes I know that sounds crazy because the console just came out but that's how it is from a hardware perspective.
Now heres my opinion the ps3 took three years to be jailbroken and even then it was for consoles on one firmware. Then there were hardware flashers, but even those were patched in later releases of ps3 consoles the slims and newer slims
***The ps4 is not exploit proof, nothing is, new features and new hardware means new holes and new ways to execute that exploit. One feature that I read on a hacking site talked about how you can access the usb ports while the console was off and still charge usb devices. Apparently this has a possibility to be exploited.
the ps3 didn't take 3 years to be jailbroken, lets get that straight, the ps3 at one time allowed users to create and run homebrew legally, sony found a flaw with this method and changed the system and its terms and conditions, this is the reason geohotz himself looked to exploit the console, it was a matter of months after the homebrew fix, that he found an exploit with the security which didn't store a variable correctly, the variable was set to static and not random which lead to the keys being found, and the team failoverflow took it from there.
there's no doubt that exploits will be found, but they will only work on specific firmware's and for a limited time, sonys whole approach is different this time, even if the console ever does get jailbroken, these jailbroken consoles will be shut down within days if not earlier.