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[jaypah]

wow why the hell would they leave that in a retail console?

Seems like it could be a pretty big backdoor for hackers...

Damn, how so?

 

[Netherscourge]

The fact that it's so easy to enter that button combo is beyond stupid on Microsoft's part.

 

[Harlequin]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

That was a joke, right? That guy wasn't actually bricking his dad's computer and the other guys knew he wasn't, right? Because if he actually was or if they actually thought he was, then wow. What kind of scum finds that funny?

 

[NullPointer]

Why would someone intentionally hurt someone like this? I understand someone hurting another if it benefits them.

I asked the internet, and after a long pause it belched out the following answer in an endlessly deep rumbling voice:

"For the lolz"

And yeah, its just people being shits because they can. Horrible fucking people.

I remember a common scam when I used to play Runescape back when I was younger. People would lead a group to a deserted area claiming they were going to show them how to quickly boost their level with a cheat.

They told people to drop everything in their inventory and hit alt+F4. People fell for it and lost all their stuff...There are a lot of stupid kids on the internet.

Spoiler

That's how I learned what alt-F4 did

That reminds me of my first day playing EVE online and finding such wonderful and helpful people in the general chat.

Yeah, let's just say that those wounds will never fully heal. I will carry them to the end of my days. ;p

 

[Pillville]

you've got a lot to learn about people on the internet

fixed.

 

[jester_]

If anyone here knows anyone with a console stuck in a reboot loop you should have them try the 25-step recovery steps to load an update from USB.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/system/offline-system-update-diagnostic-tool

Hilarious pic and I foresee a lot of repair requests to Microsoft. That advanced replacement option puts a $500 hold on your credit card, so most kids who do this and can't pay that will be out of a console for a couple weeks.

 

[RaikuHebi]

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → Oh Shit.

 

[Rflagg]

Hope the number of people that fall for this is very low, I don't have enough faith in people to believe it would be zero. Pretty mean sported by those that started this.

 

[BPoole]

Why would someone intentionally hurt someone like this? I understand someone hurting another if it benefits them. I don't advocate that, but I can understand it. This doesn't do anything but hurt with no benefit to anyone. Some kind of sociopath does this shit. May the fleas of 1000 camels infest their nutsack.

Laughing is the benefit

 

[dreamfall]

Yipes!

That would be no fun- to intentionally brick your own system :/

 

[RaikuHebi]

Why would someone intentionally hurt someone like this? I understand someone hurting another if it benefits them. I don't advocate that, but I can understand it. This doesn't do anything but hurt with no benefit to anyone. Some kind of sociopath does this shit. May the fleas of 1000 camels infest their nutsack.

Welcome to the internet.

 

[Prince Vultan]

I know there's dumb people out there, but I don't believe anyone would be dumb enough to actually do this... though just the fact that they CAN do this is baffling.

Incoming firmware update to remove access?

 

[RaikuHebi]

I know there's dumb people out there, but I don't believe anyone would be dumb enough to actually do this... though just the fact that they CAN do this is baffling.

Incoming firmware update to remove access?

What if they can't patch it out and this is the ass-storm?

 

[Sojgat]

I don't know, it's funny, but it's not funny. I laughed, but I feel kind of bad about it.

I'll bet a few people have tried it already.

I know there's dumb people out there, but I don't believe anyone would be dumb enough to actually do this... though just the fact that they CAN do this is baffling.

Incoming firmware update to remove access?

Kids. Whoever did this is only hurting the children.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

you've got a lot to learn about people on the internet

Seriously. Scams, viruses, etc.

 

[haZethew0rld]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

Holy shit lmao.

 

[Enchanted]

The thread title should be "How to Bone dat Xbone".

 

[Kasumin]

I feel like this is the kind of thing that could easily make the rounds on tumblr. No one ever fact checks anything on that site.

More importantly, why in the world did Microsoft leave a function like this in?

 

[Storm360]

Honestly, I find this hilarious that it's even possible to brick a xbone in the settings, I see alot of retail kiosks broken soon

Not really a issue if a kid or someone does it, they aren't really out of anything but their console for a few weeks while it gets serviced by MS... There are alot worse ways to find out not to trust people online IMO

 

[BLKTMNT]

 

[CCIE]

And THAT is why you've never seen a dev kit in the normal console before now. People are stupid enough to try this.

 

[AzaK]

The fact that retail boxes will be devkits will be amazing.

 

[onQ123]

It lives!

 

[Lumpy Onion]

The fact that you can even do shit like this with such ease is flabbergasting.

 

[flyinpiranha]

Format C: Yo.

 

[elhav]

But is that place closer to child molestors or people who talk in the theater? I'm down if it is option number 2 ...

Option 2 for sure lol

 

[SteveWinwood]

well bye bye dev kit access i guess

 

[onQ123]

What if they can't patch it out and this is the ass-storm?

The Hell? lol

 

[Vilam]

It'd be hilarious to listen in on MS customer support today, that's for sure.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

Oh internet. You're a massive fucking douchebag but I still love you.

 

[LiK]

Next thing you know, people will put iPhone5S into water thinking it's waterproof.

 

[Zatoichi's Cane]

LOL the idea of this is hilarious. I just hope for people who fell for this that there is an easy fix for it...

 

[KemoSabe]

the iphone ads are nice, i wonder how many dumb people actually tried this...
is there a collection of the fake ads?
i would like to post them to my "friends"

 

[MADGAME]

the iphone ads are nice, i wonder how many dumb people actually tried this...
is there a collection of the fake ads?
i would like to post them to my "friends"

You aren't serious, are you?

 

[CrackPebbles]

lol thats fucked up, saw a couple of those a while back that would straight up kill you, like one about making crystals for kids that instead made some kinda poison.

 

[NukeLaser]

I didn't seen any pics of the dev menu, so I put my Xbone on the line for you Gaf. This is as far as I got before I bailed the fuck out

 

[Finster]

I didn't seen any pics of the dev menu, so I put my Xbone on the line for you Gaf. This is as far as I got before I bailed the fuck out

You can get full crash dumps? Welp, xbone jailbreak in 3... 2...

 

[shink]

That 4chan triforce prank just makes me sad. Poor guy

 

[Dai101]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

Hilarious. <3 4chan

 

[Megasoum]

So that image has been going around the office for the last two days... Fun stuff... We were almost tempted to try it on one of our kits but decided not too in the end.

 

[Boss Man]

Damn, how so?

Assuming that it's not too difficult to work with "Enable devkit" I guess.

 

[MADGAME]

I didn't seen any pics of the dev menu, so I put my Xbone on the line for you Gaf. This is as far as I got before I bailed the fuck out

Abort!! ABORT!!!!!!

 

[cdwjustin]

posted on my facebook hope someone bites

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

posted on my facebook hope someone bites

DURRRRR.

 

[bj00rn_]

so who at microsoft is getting fired for not removing this?

So who at microsoft is getting fired for not removing "format c:" ?

 

[The Albatross]

posted on my facebook hope someone bites

Some friend you are

 

[quickwhips]

thanks gaf going to go try this right now!

 

[DoubleTake]

I didn't seen any pics of the dev menu, so I put my Xbone on the line for you Gaf. This is as far as I got before I bailed the fuck out

The moment people start figuring out the sandbox IDs is when the Xbone gets jail broken.

I can see it now.

Pay 10$ for your own ID from some hacking site, input the code and boom jailbroken Bone and whatever games you want FO FREE. lol Now we just wait.

 

[Megasoum]

so who at microsoft is getting fired for not removing this?

Nobody that's as intended. When they announced that every retail console could be switched into a devkit, they had to put in a way somewhere in the dashboard to actually make the switch. Nothing really broken or anything like that... That controller shortcut has been known by devs for a long time now.

 

[Marvel]

posted on my facebook hope someone bites

Jesus... lol.