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I could be very wrong, but I feel Israel’s cybersecurity tech is more advanced than Russia (could be my western programming lol)

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When you look at home media, every major development has been Russian.

Software for cracking Blu-rays? Russia was first.

Software for cracking 4K UHD Blu-rays? Russia was first.

Software for cracking Nintendo Switch games (DBI)? Russia was first.

The new flash-cart for the Switch, assuming it's legit? Russia.

The only hacker left who can crack Denuvo video games? Russian.

Necessity is the mother of all invention. This could just be related to socioeconomic factors.

A dysfunctional criminal justice system probably doesn't hurt either.

> A dysfunctional criminal justice system probably doesn't hurt either.

Actually, I would argue that a system that allows DRM cracking is far more functional than the one we have in the west.

You're comment history doesn't suggest that you're a Russian troll, so my interpretation is that you're making a pointed remark that you either don't really mean or perhaps haven't fully thought through. So without meaning any offense, let's pick this apart.

To be fair, I disagree with my country's cracking laws as well. We should do better here, the right to one's data is an important freedom. I support the fight for saner copyright laws.

But let's also be real: There's no universe where that injustice somehow outweighs the entirety of human rights violations that go on inside Russia. Persecution of minorities, decriminalization of domestic violence, torture in prisons. Just to name a few.

Western copyright laws aren't good. But there are worse fates in life than not being able to watch old blu-rays.

I was intentionally ignoring any other aspect of their criminal justice system in writing that comment. I absolutely condemn Russia for many reasons, including their human rights violations.

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