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Who knew that before the PS4 even had a full month to breathe in the hands of owners, a hack will come out and bring potential doom and chaos?

This is what the hacker Reckz0r may do if the damage that he did in Pastebin does not get resolved in the next few days. So what may this exactly be?

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It just so happens that Reckz0r seems to be trying to tick off Sony--as well as get back his fans' adoration--after a year of absence in the online hacking world. Now, Reckz0r did one of the unthinkables: hacking the PS4 to play pirated games.

GrahamCluley.com reports that the hacker has published a tutorial on how to jailbreak the PS4, which makes use of Orbis OS (as it is based on FreeBSD, an open source OS). Though Reckz0r does claim that he did not find the vulnerability himself, he is, in fact, the mind behind the PS4 tutorial hack, so much so that even Sony has started to give warnings.

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Sony reacts--and it's not a pretty sight

According to the report, Reckz0r and Sony have already had a conversation using direct messaging in the official PlayStation Twitter account.

"No? We're giving you one day, to delete that Pastebin link you have recently posted, alongside with the files if you have uploaded them somewhere. It won't take us long to get you arrested if you're still going to proceed spreading the jailbreak. :) Take the Geohotz scenario as an example."

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In another report, Wololo.net has also cited the PS4 jailbreak. However, until now, it is still an untested hack, which could mean that it might be a fake one. Moreover, this may be supported by a fact found by the report wherein x-s4nd3r was cited to be the original hacker responsible for the PS4 jailbreak. Since x-s4nd3r's specialty was hacking websites, it could mean that he was not the one who did the jailbreak.

However, there remains Sony's explosive direct messaging exchange, which has all the hints of anger and retaliation at a ready, so that's also something that shouldn't be ignored.

Best to stay away from the hack and just play by the rules as Sony has established them, to ensure the best gaming experience with your PS4.

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Another clue hacked: Facial recognition

In another area of hacking, those with a PS4 must also be a bit cautious about this new way to exploit one of Sony's next-gen console's features, the facial recognition.

Extremetech did two experiments, the first one making use of an Iron Man mask to see if it can become a universal login key. The source modifies the Iron Man mask a number of times as, ironically, suggested by the PS4. These include not obscuring eyebrows (hence Extremetech drawing on eyebrows on the mask).

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The PS4 was able to recognise the Iron Man mask regardless of the user, but that it can only be calibrated to a specific account.

While the first method is not as dangerous as the other one, as it will only work with the account that you calibrated it with, another more potentially disastrous way has been spotted to work.

Extremetech has also tried displaying the portrait of a PS4 user using Microsoft Surface 2 and dimming the brightness of the device--and it worked. The PS4 camera recognized the user's face without any problems with regard to the depth of the person's face.

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Presumably, this can be used with other tablets, provided that the lighting is not as clear. But this is a dangerous vulnerability in the PS4 and PS4 camera recognition feature. Imagine the ability to hack into someone's PS4 account and access the PlayStation Store, where purchases can easily be made with the details already stored in it--and that it can be done with a simple portrait of the real owner.

Sony does give precaution that the facial recognition feature is just for convenience rather than reliable security, but it is a daunting prospect, nevertheless.

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