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[STEAM] New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest

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Remember the original Quest headset that Meta (then Oculus)
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? Meta seems to hope you don't, since the company
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in 2023 to focus on
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. Luckily, tinkerers haven't similarly abandoned the hardware and recently released
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that gives "developers and enthusiasts full control over Quest 1 hardware."

The QuestStack project integrates
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in
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into a privilege escalation chain that leads easily to full root access on the device. The bootloading process is now streamlined enough that it can be completed without any downloads
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after connecting the headset to a PC.

With this exploit, the original Quest hardware can now be officially divorced from any reliance on Meta's servers or services to be useful. That means enterprising Quest owners should be able to sideload apps without needing to
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. It also means users should be able to go through the initial setup and login steps for a fresh Quest headset even if and when Meta decides to shut down the servers that currently support this process.

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