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db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Microsoft employee accidentally publishes PlayReady code

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Microsoft employee accidentally publishes PlayReady code

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db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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[German]A Microsoft software developer has accidentally shared internal PlayReady source code with the public (a developer forum). The data leak of 4 GByte is sufficient to compile the required DLL from the source code. This could be a real boon for people who want to reverse engineering or crack PlayReady. What is PlayReady? PlayReady is...
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  • espentan@lemmy.world
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    I guess he was ready to play.

    PSA: I’m probably old enough to be your father, let me have my terrible jokes/puns.

  • CO5MO ✨@midwest.social
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    “accidentally” 😉

  • dan@upvote.au
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    tl;dr there were two leaks: A Microsoft employee had compiler issues and attached the code to a publicly-visible bug report, and Microsoft’s public symbol server has debug symbols for the library (which makes it a lot easier to debug the production build in a debugger).

    Did the employee that accidentally leaked it think that the public developer community was an internal bug tracker? Strange. I wonder if Microsoft do actually use the same site for both internal and external bugs and the employee just selected the wrong category when posting. Seems like an unnecessary risk.

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    A résumé-generating event for sure.

    • wjrii@lemmy.world
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      “Facilitated open computing initiatives and exercised independent judgment and mastery of social engineering techniques and forum software.”

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    I can imagine what they felt like. Like when you accidentally hit “reply all” and send a porn link that was in your clipboard to your entire company while you meant to paste something else.

    • ace_garp@lemmy.world
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      😬

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement#Ohnosecond

    • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.dev
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      So… What link did you send?

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        I’m guessing furries.

    • Squiddly@lemmy.world
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      My dad did something similar. My mother in law pointed it out and giggled. I facepalmed

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