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Microsoft to Hire Xbox Hackers?

Posted by michael on from the bare-metal dept.

handsomepete writes "According to PlanetXbox, Microsoft is looking to hire 'software design engineers' to look into the properties of modchips and detection code for hardware. A background in game hacking knowledge is listed as a preferred talent. Will any of the Xbox Linux participants take a stab at this job?"

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  1. 200K donation by oliverthered · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Could Microsoft have been the anonymous donner?

    Lets see,
    Implement a security protocol,
    People start hacking it
    you could then
    take them down
    or
    Offer them 200k to complete the job and make a less crackable version next time!

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  2. Re:Unnamed Patron by oliverthered · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's not an odd way to make your system more secure next time,
    Why do you think Microsoft hasn't been trying to kill the project?

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