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It will never be the same (thelemmy.club)

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[-] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

The problem isn't a lack of feral reverse engineers and crackers. Console protections are like catnip to that crowd. The problem is the starting state is a lot worse.

Windows PE files aren't encrypted (Yes their content may be but the entry point and key loader would still need to be stored as cleartext) and can easily be copied and decompiled. The ability to run debuggers isn't locked behind having an undisclosed zero day or unpatched device. Arbitrary code execution is available by default. And the APIs aren't all NDAed

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