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speed_spread | karma 2733 | avg karma 2.13 · 2023-04-28 05:55:41

As long as you have hardware access, you can fuck shit up in ways no software can ever prevent.

jsheard | karma 16513 | avg karma 8.41 · 2023-04-28 07:22:40

Attacking the hardware is always "possible" but can be made unreasonably difficult to pull off in practice, and we've reached that point with game consoles now. The Xbox One and Playstation 4 survived their entire generation without falling to hardware hacks, and the Xbox One didn't get hacked via software either.

Microsoft is so confident in their security model that they openly explained how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7VwtOrwceo

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babypuncher | karma 4494 | avg karma 2.72 · 2023-04-28 13:37:07

The Xbox 360 still lacks any meaningful software hacks and it will be old enough to vote in November.