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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by m101 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @04:01AM (#23536904)
Why do they bother with this if someone is going to make a software workaround? Seems like people who would look to downgrade firmware might also be the same that would be able to implement the workaround.
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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by hd4 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @04:16AM (#23536959)
Apathy. The vast majority of consumers won't bother. Also, the Switch's security was actually comparatively solid. It was a flaw in the Tegra X1 (thanks Nvidia!) component that led to an exploit being discovered.
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