Microsoft Aims for Hack-Proof 360

Rob Updegrove 12 Sep, 2005 at 11:12am ET Article published in Tech

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   12 Sep 2005 ~ 11:53am Garg Yeah, becuase us evil hackers are hurting their business HOW? Seriously, if it was more hackable, I'd be more likely to buy it.
   
   Ok, on second thought, one application of hacking is playing copied games, but that's not my interest. Running Linux on it however...
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   12 Sep 2005 ~ 12:17pm EMT Security through obscurity? If that's all this is then I'd expect hacks after a while...
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   12 Sep 2005 ~ 12:34pm Enverex No wonder Microsoft hates Linux so much, they are exactly the opposite. Microsoft doesn't want anyone doing anything to anything do they. Damn customisability, user "hacking" and creativity... oh wait... isn't that what a certain Mr Gates started life doing?
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   12 Sep 2005 ~ 1:40pm FormFactor I saw a post on another board where a guy recommendeed spring loading all hardware in the box. So as soon as you open it, all the parts pop out in all directions, making it very hard to reassemble. As ridiculous as it sounds it might just be crazy enough towork
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   12 Sep 2005 ~ 1:45pm GHoosdum That's a hilarious idea!
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   12 Sep 2005 ~ 1:46pm Garg It's all fun and games until somebody gets their eye poked out by a flying hard drive.
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   12 Sep 2005 ~ 2:10pm PirateNinja I remember when I saw my brother running a webserver off his dreamcast. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world and only made me want to buy one. Microsoft is silly.
   
   
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   NINTENDO
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   12 Sep 2005 ~ 2:18pm DanG I think that by saying they want it hack-proof it's just going to make the hackers try harder.
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   12 Sep 2005 ~ 3:37pm profdlp

   DanG wrote:

   I think that by saying they want it hack-proof it's just going to make the hackers try harder.

   Absolutely.
   
   The first and last console I ever owned was the B&W version of Pong. If I had an Xbox 360 I'd probably try to hack it, just because...
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    13 Sep 2005 ~ 5:05pm drasnor

    FormFactor wrote:

    I saw a post on another board where a guy recommendeed spring loading all hardware in the box. So as soon as you open it, all the parts pop out in all directions, making it very hard to reassemble. As ridiculous as it sounds it might just be crazy enough towork

    My old Macintosh is like that, except all the edges of everything are sharp in addition. I think there's a half pint of my blood inside that old Mac case.
    
    -drasnor
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    13 Sep 2005 ~ 11:05pm airbornflght I'll give the hackers 1.5 months tops, before hacks start rolling out the door. maybe sooner.
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    14 Sep 2005 ~ 1:26am Jengo thats hilarious, NOTHING is hack-proof, they should know this by now, just look at their Operating Systems.
    
    
    
    
    
    NINTENDO!!!
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    14 Sep 2005 ~ 5:55pm a16659235 What is Microsoft-made is man-made. Anything man-made can be man-broken.