Xbox 360 designed to be unhackable

Found on Ars Technica on Friday, 09 September 2005
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We'd all be pretty surprised if Microsoft came out and claimed that they were designing the Xbox 360 to be as hackable as possible, because it doesn't fit the company's image. Likewise, it would be a little silly to act shocked that the company is planning, in fact, to lock down the Xbox 360 in as many ways as possible. In fact, it's not too surprising given the fact that Microsoft is going to technologically lock out unlicensed accessories for the new console.

Chris Satchell from the Xbox Advanced Technology Group told the BBC that the console was designed from the ground-up to be a secure as possible.

The original Xbox was hacked silly, and more than one person bought the console just to have a cheap Linux box that could be used for any number of media functions. Microsoft, however, isn't interested in selling its console hardware below cost for the sake of hackers. Will the Xbox 360 be hacked? It's a question of interest: if enough people want to see it happen, it probably will.

So far, all the " improved security" concepts haven't had as much success as planned. I guess it won't take too long until the Xbox will be hacked; especially since MS asked for it.