Posted by Howard on 12/23/18 11:27

"Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@mind-NOSPAM-spring.com> wrote in news:EoeZe.3338
$vw6.87@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.rg> wrote in message
> news:Ae5Ze.5673$X6.3701@fe05.lga...
>> I don't think Joshua was questioning whether the protection would be
>> beaten, just the speed at which it would be.
>
> Exactly. Howard here reminds me of the John Travolta character in
> Swordfish talking about hacking into the ultra-secure Department of
> Defense mainframe:

The two of you ARE, of course, aware that hackers use the pre-production
models, right? You ARE aware that by the time the box makes it to the
stores, it has already been hacked, right? You ARE aware that to be more
accurate, I should have said if the box is released at 12:01am, then the
hack will, as you say, not be made available one second later...because by
that time it has already been available for at least two weeks?

> "I have been told that the best crackers in the world can do this under
> 60 minutes, but unfortunately I need someone who can do this under 60
> seconds."
>
> Howard probably believes that sort of nonsense is the way hacking really
> works.

You have much to learn, young one. I'm not talking about the script
kiddies of your generation, I'm talking real hackers.

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