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[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 40 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

So, this is a basic security principle. If the system of access is too "secure" or too inconvenient, people will create workarounds.

Need keys for all the doors every second of every day? You'll find duct tape on all the latches.

Password is 15 characters and changes every 60 days? You're going to find post-its under keyboards.

Spread all digital content across 8 streaming providers that cost about $180/y? Torrent time.

Nintendo wants to brick users for trying to play an out of region game they paid for? They'll never pay again and will reverse engineering your shit out of spite.

Same thing we saw with the music industry utterly failing to embrace internet distribution. Limewire and bearshare are their fucking lunch.

When will they learn to just make access easy? People, generally, would rather pay than pirate but when you start making shit difficult, nobody wants to play your games anymore and you see massive losses.

Meet your customers where they're at!

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

Basically what Gabe said.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Doesn't Xbox let you change your console's region in the settings?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

i have an account on my ps4 (and ps5) that i log into and suddenly i'm in a different region. the ps5 says i only get so many region changes, but i can log into the accounts as many times as i want

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

Never tried. I'm a ps guy now, but the point is that there shouldn't be region codes to begin with.

Anywhere I've ever seen a region code to be changeable you only get to change it a certain number of times before you get stuck in a region. This is why you'll find TBD players that have been firmware flashed to be regionless.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The most secure device ever made is a Rock.

You cannot have your bank account stolen from a Rock. People will never get your personal files or medical info from a Rock. People will never spy on you through the Rock.

But you also can’t do much with a Rock.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I disagree on the premise that a rock cannot be used for much. I mean, the available actions for a rock ARE pretty limited, but it can be used in a variety of ways!

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

Good in a revolution.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

Uh, we kinda tricked rocks into thinking using lightening and learned to use rocks to make AI...