Hacked Xbox 360 firmware prevents banning

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ben.brase @ May 31st 2007 9:41AM

"I hope Microsoft will come up with a solution to this. I support the bans."

Yeah me too, I hate it when companies tell me what I can and cannot do to the things I purchase. WTF!?!

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Ceralor @ May 31st 2007 9:58AM

For those whining about how wrong this is, thanks for not understanding. Y'know those license agreements? Those are legally binding. If you are found breaking them, and the agreement says they can ban you from something if you break it, then guess what? They can ban you! Legitimately! But I have no sympathy for you.

Think of it like the VAC protection on some Valve games. It's there to make sure that everything looks right. It can't figure out if your modded firmware allows you to cheat or not.

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f0cus @ May 31st 2007 10:24AM

You can do whatever you like to your 360 just expect to get banned.

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Morgon @ May 31st 2007 10:59PM

No, you're absolutely right. You can do whatever you want to your own 360. Nobody can tell you differently.

However, you're missing the GIANT issue here.. people are whining because they're being banned from Xbox LIVE - a managed, private network that Microsoft has every right to dictate how people connect.
Microsoft isn't sending SWAT teams to your house to recover your tainted box, they're simply denying you access to their network. Fair is fair - you wanna hang out in someone else's house, you play by their rules.

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