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OSx86 10.4.4 Security Broken

By Adam Myers ⋅ February 14, 2006 ⋅ Tags: OS X, Security

Apple’s hardware based platform-protection for Mac OS X has been broken. What has it been, a month or less since the hardware was released? Artificially restricting people from something they want (enough to actually buy it, even!) combined with an interesting challenge for hackers by using new protection methods is a good way to get your software cracked quickly.

What a waste of engineering. This is why all the effort behind HD movie disc protection is stupid. Not only are you going to have hackers salivating over the idea of dismantling the system just because its something new and interesting (and the fame that comes with it), but you’re also creating a huge inconvenience for people that actually want to buy your product!

Spending a little money to make some trivial protection to stop the most casual copying is the only thing worthwhile. These companies should put a fair price on their product and sell to the people that want it. Putting a premium price on BD-ROMs and slapping ridiculous protection on them is pointless. They should cost the same as DVDs and have only trivial protection. DVD protection is easy enough for grandma to bypass yet they still fly off the shelves.

I hope Sony/Toshiba/Movie studios wake up when the public decides they don’t want to pay for this crap.