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Feels like this is more of an incentive problem than a moderation problem. If engagement is the primary metric, then anything that drives strong reactions will naturally get amplified.

Interesting to see how "unhackable" claims almost always get broken eventually. It feels like security is more about raising the cost of attacks rather than making something truly impossible to hack.

Well, nobody talks about "unhackable" platforms that never get hacked. And you can't prove a negative.

The xbone's weakest security lasted nearly double the product's market life, and that's several times longer than security on the 360 lasted, if you don't count DVD firmware attacks, (which was also several times longer than the OGXB security lasted)

Xbox security has gone from lasting months -> years -> decade+. On top of that, the later revisions with better security have not been cracked.


Interesting comparison. COBOL still seems to survive because of how deeply it's embedded in critical systems, especially in finance.

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