Isn't Calling Something Unhackable Like Begging People To Hack You?
from the just-saying... dept
Generally speaking, any bit of technology is "hackable" in some sense -- whether for good reasons or bad. However, claiming that anything is unhackable seems to only make people that much more interested in hacking it. So, why is Microsoft going around saying that the new Xbox 360 should be unhackable? At best it just makes people that much more interested in hacking the device, and at worst it makes people that much less interested in buying the new Xbox because it's now become that much less valuable as a device that can be modified in beneficial ways.
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Very true!
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I also agree ...
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No Subject Given
Except maybe as a challenge.
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Microsoft
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Unhackable Merchandising
Security conscious customers (parents) will choose the safe 'unhackable' box (or whatever)
to soothe their fears of being victimized by those mysterious and predatory 'hackers'.
The kids of those parents will prefer to buy the 'unhackable' version just for the 3.4 days
of exploration it will provide them before they succeed in hacking it.
Humans love the intellectual challenge of a puzzle.
Why we don't puzzle out how we are being manipulated most of the time is beyond me.
In the end, it is only more of the usual mundane consumer goods being foisted off on us.
It's just business as usual, that is, the purchasers get a short lived feel-good
before they have to go out and spend more money for the next newest, coolest, 'unhackable'.
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Announcement is for investors and developers not c
Similarly it tells developers that the Xbox will have stronger anti-piracy features and they should therefore develop for the Xbox.
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Correction
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Microsoft Unhackable Products?
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Woot
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However, when the reader examines the BBC article he finds this quote: “But Mr Satchell admitted no system was fool-proof and that, with enough time and dedication, the security on the Xbox 360 would be broken.” So, the Microsoft spokesman is saying that the system is “hackable.” Thus the description given by Mike is an absurd distortion. It is almost the exact opposite of the truth. Many of the responses on this thread simply parrot the misconceptions given in Mike’s summary. Unsurprisingly, many commentators did not even bother to read the article. In this case, even the contributor did not bother to read and understand the article he summarized.
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