____/ [H]omer on Friday 28 March 2008 01:34 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> UPDATE: Microsoft May Slowly Be Fixing Their Broken XBOX DRM
>
> I wonder if they ever figured out how to prevent Xbox Live accounts from
> being stolen, which is IMHO a far more serious issue:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6477155.stm
>
> Hmm, apparently not. One year later:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/09/xbox_live_account_takeovers/
>
> Microsoft "security" at its finest.
They tried to escape liability at the time (it's the 'religion', also the
EULA).
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