We can be glad that boy wasn't more of a Hassel for Microsoft.
Urgh that was terrible.
The dad seems cool. Guess he passed on his problem solving skills to his boy.
busterkeatonrules said:
Even if they do fix the issue, the fact remains that it DID HAPPEN. The XBone got hacked by a five-year-old child. The XBone was released to the public with a serious security flaw that made it past designers, programmers, beta-testers and what-have-you, before finally being discovered and exploited by a five-year-old child.
As a consumer, I need to ask myself the following:
What OTHER glaring issues did Microsoft miss before this thing hit the streets? How do I know for certain that this is the last one?
And most importantly: Do I want to be the person who discovers the NEXT damning problem?
Well the Xbox1 didn't get hacked per se. One of it's security measures was merely bypassed. There's a fair bit of a difference there.
Personally I'd say that bypassing a parental control isn't at all "a serious security flaw". Personally I'd say that a title like that should be reserved for something like having your clients Credit Card details hacked, for example. That's a lot more serious.
Not to mention that it's the first most people have heard of this vulnerability. It doesn't even seem like anyone else found this, let alone had the chance to abuse it. So in
practice this is nothing but tame and all it does is make for a fun story about a kid who stumbled on something by chance.
And no you don't and never will know for certain that this is "the last" problem. In fact, let me tell you it won't be.
But things like this will happen all the time and not just to Microsoft quite obviously.
You will never know if
any product you buy is flawless. Even for established ones that have been "doing right" by their customers for years.
This applies doubly to electronics and even more so to consoles.
rofit.
