| Domain | Effect | |--------|--------| | | Enables decryption of encrypted NAND dumps, extraction of user data (activity log, NNID, savegames) | | Homebrew & Emulation | Allows Citra emulator to run decrypted ROMs; facilitates modding | | Security Research | Demonstrates failure of “security by obscurity” – keys as sole protection for critical assets | | Piracy | Lowers barrier to decrypt and repack commercial games (bypassing title keys) |
# 3DS AES Keys (example format) slot0x11Key96 = 00000000000000000000000000000000 slot0x25KeyX = FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF movable.sed = derived from console ID + OTP