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The Greatest Video Game Pirate of All Time (www.youtube.com)

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EMPRESS is a renowned video game cracker known for their exceptional skills in bypassing digital rights management (DRM) protections. With a reputation for cracking the toughest security measures, EMPRESS has become a prominent figure in the gaming community, enabling players to access and play pirated versions of popular titles. Their contributions have sparked debates around piracy, copyright infringement, and the effectiveness of DRM in the gaming industry.

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[-] Slowy@lemmy.world 120 points 9 months ago

Too bad she’s also a TERF apparently (read the hogwarts legacy NFO, dang lol)

[-] readme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There is a rumor going on that she is actually a he. Many also think he has some sort of bipolar issues. But some of the craziest people can be very talented at some things. This is the case with this person. It's actually extrememly rare that the person can be that crazy and this talented at same time. This is why it's so fascinating.

[-] Slowy@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Interesting. Do you know if they would be masquerading as a woman to push their weird agenda, or just to troll? It is definitely interesting when people are crazy and talented like that, though in this case the talent is more interesting for sure… their grandstanding and transphobic takes aren’t really an original or unique brand of crazy, pretty basic. I would probably have to dig deeper to see the depths of the weirdness but my brain only has so much tolerance for consuming that kind of bs.

[-] Cinner@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago

Good chance it's for OPSEC reasons and is a small, highly skilled team, not a single woman.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 22 points 9 months ago

If it was a team, they wouldn't allow the craziest person among them to be their mouthpiece

[-] drasticpotatoes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 9 months ago

Unless that is also part of their cover.

[-] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

People, by and large, associate with like-minded people. Ergo...

[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Yup. My bet as well. People love to place achievements and advancements in technology on one person while in reality there's always a team behind it. The reality is things have gotten so complex, its damn near impossible for one person to make a breakthrough themselves without building on the work of someone else or fragmenting the work and have it be done by multiple people.

[-] BillionsMustSeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago

This is the most plausible explanation to me as well

[-] seaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

Frankly speaking, it's not like anyone on the internet can tell the difference. And, at least speaking personally, it's not like I need to know. If they crack stuff well they crack stuff well. If their political views suck their political views suck. So be it.

[-] Cinner@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yup. Everyone lies on the internet. If they were a group, and stayed silent, people would be more likely to assume they were a group. I just thought it was interesting that their logo is a woman in a crown that's way too large for her head.

[-] readme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

If I had to guess, I would say a troll on sadistic power trip with a mix of bipolar or maybe schizophrenia.

[-] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

Temple OS comes to mind.

[-] readme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, Terry A. Davis (1969-2018) -- In mid-2013, his website announced: "God's temple is finished. Now, God kills CIA until it spreads [sic]." Davis died after being hit by a train on August 11, 2018. (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS)

It seems that CIA might of killed him first.

[-] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I can only find sympathy for brilliant, troubled people like him.

[-] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

That rumour was debunked when Voksi said he wasn't involved in the scene anymore and CPY acted like absolute clowns.

[-] readme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 9 months ago

I don't beliave that Voksi is EMPRESS. One thing I know is that EMPRESS was one of the crackers in CODEX scene group and this is why CODEX group was dissolved because EMPRESS was so crazy :-) EMPRESS was a huge security risk for the scene and there are some rumors that EMPRESS caused some scene busts. But don't read too much into this comment ;-)

[-] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 9 months ago

*FART (Feminism Appropriating Radical Transphobe)

[-] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago

Yeah it's not even just that, she's unhinged as hell. Each new controversy has a longer and weirder NFO or backstory or 16 pages of screenshots from her discord from fanboys that want her feet pics.

I love piracy, I love a good radical, I don't love the weird vitriolic hate and self worship she spews out.