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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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[-] Cinner@lemmy.world 43 points 7 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 7 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 7 months ago

Unless that is also part of their cover.

[-] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

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

[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 14 points 7 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 7 months ago

This is the most plausible explanation to me as well

[-] seaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 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 7 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.