Deconstructing The Xbox Security System

[lordvader88]

Deconstructing The Xbox Security System

I love talks like these. It occurs to me at 8:37 in why not just add a drill/router stage and cut out the port that they added on the PCB. But I guess the traces would still be there so, yeah IDK

[tooki]

Wrong video? At 8:37 this video has nothing at all to do with xbox.

[lordvader88]

I wondered why that image looked wrong, I fixed the link, thanks

[james_s]

I remember sitting in the meetings leading up to the launch of the original xbox where they talked about the security features. They were quite confident at the time and it caused a bit of a shock when someone cracked it wide open within a week or two of it hitting the streets.

Personally though I think the fact that it was cracked made it a far more appealing platform, the mods turned the xbox into what it should have been in the first place and while I had no part whatsoever in that happening, I was quietly pleased when it did.