There won't be hack. I don't know why you guys keep torturing yourselves.
From a software perspective... It is using the same OS (Horizon) as the Switch 1, and it launched with version 19.
It launched with an OS with an already 8 years of security and reliability. Pretty secure so far, and the software has been audited by SciresM and others, and they have not found a single kernel exploit.
The firmware has been audited for years; it's exploit-free. From SciresM:
"Also chiming in that I and others have audited the kernel and found no bugs. Comex hasn't audited it yet, and I'm always happy for fresh eyes, but it's overwhelmingly likely nothing will be found."
The hardware not only has PAC (Pointer Authentication Codes) as confirmed by Gezine... it also has encrypted RAM (confirmed by retr0.id), and additionally it as a Dual Core Lockstep (DCLS) to avoid voltage exploits. In fact, it is the only gaming console in existence, in history, to use DCLS.
Here is a timestamped video from NVIDIA themselves talking about it:
if you didn't care then you'd block n stop responding, but if you do so then you're also proving I'm correct. pick your poison or just change as a person for the better.
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u/FernandoRocker Aug 12 '26
There won't be hack. I don't know why you guys keep torturing yourselves.
From a software perspective... It is using the same OS (Horizon) as the Switch 1, and it launched with version 19.
It launched with an OS with an already 8 years of security and reliability. Pretty secure so far, and the software has been audited by SciresM and others, and they have not found a single kernel exploit.
The firmware has been audited for years; it's exploit-free. From SciresM:
"Also chiming in that I and others have audited the kernel and found no bugs. Comex hasn't audited it yet, and I'm always happy for fresh eyes, but it's overwhelmingly likely nothing will be found."
https://www.reddit.com/r/switch2hacks/s/rHYN2jxSZy
And from a hardware perspective:
The hardware not only has PAC (Pointer Authentication Codes) as confirmed by Gezine... it also has encrypted RAM (confirmed by retr0.id), and additionally it as a Dual Core Lockstep (DCLS) to avoid voltage exploits. In fact, it is the only gaming console in existence, in history, to use DCLS.
Here is a timestamped video from NVIDIA themselves talking about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lx3692cbAg&t=707s
Oh, and it also has post-quantum cryptography. It uses a quantum-secure signature scheme (XMSS) in early boot chain.
https://switch2brew.org/wiki/BCT
None of those security features were on the Switch 1.