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EMPRESS is a renowned video game cracker known for their exceptional skills in bypassing digital rights management (DRM) protections. With a reputation for cracking the toughest security measures, EMPRESS has become a prominent figure in the gaming community, enabling players to access and play pirated versions of popular titles. Their contributions have sparked debates around piracy, copyright infringement, and the effectiveness of DRM in the gaming industry.

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[–] odium@programming.dev 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Why is that reddit post a better investigative journalist piece than over 90% of actual news sites?

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.run 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Being charitable, no deadline + they chose to write this for fun so it's a passion project as opposed to an "ugh another thing I have to do for work I guess" project.

[–] odium@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

But they couldn’t hold her off forever. The revolution had arrived, and it had found its Robbespierre. When the coveted Red Dead Redemption 2 release came out, she was on top of the world.

But we all know what happened to Robbespierre.

[–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Had to look up Robespierre. The American/Florida edumacation system failed me.

[–] odium@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Surprisingly, I learned about him in AP Euro in high school in Texas, a very similar State from an education perspective.

[–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago
[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

It doesn't need to be profitable, let alone have every fraction of a cent squeezed from it.