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How many of those accomplishments were truly his, I wonder ? https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/109561314682149814 https://social.treehouse.systems/@marca

How many of those accomplishments were truly his, I wonder ? https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/109561314682149814 https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/109561314682149814

oldgradstudent 2y ago
The only thing the link contains is a bunch of people claiming that his achievements were built on other people's. Yet not even a single a achievement is mentioned by name, nor any specific detail is given. It's evidence for nothing.
- homarp 2y ago
  except marcan is https://archive.org/details/console-hacking-2010 https://archive.org/details/console-hacking-2010 not just 'a bunch of people'
  - lagniappe 2y ago
    marcan is at least 2 people
    - throawayonthe 2y ago
      [dead]
- NobodyNada 2y ago
  The next message in the thread gives specifics about the PS3 crack referenced in the parent: > Disclaimer: I have personal experience with him when he took the PS3 ECDSA fail research I and the other fail0verflow folks presented at CCC, and a couple weeks later released the PS3 metldr keys obtained using our method, with zero credit or reference to us. Then Sony sued us all because they assumed we were working with him, even though we'd been careful not to actually release any crypto keys precisely to avoid giving the lawyers excuses to sue us. > So yes, I was named as a defendant on a lawsuit with him, thanks to his antics. That wasn't a fun few months.
  - ensignavenger 2y ago
    So, it sounds like the individual is complaining that he didn't mention them, but also complaining about Sony sueing them, and somehow manages to blame him for Sonys actions? Like Sony gave them credit they didn't want, but they want to complain about not getting the credit they didn't want?
    - jazzyjackson 2y ago
      It's as if you gave an academic lecture on a casino's vulnerability to being robbed, and then someone actually went and robbed the casino. You can be mad at the asshole who robbed the casino for two reasons; A: he's put you in hot water that you would have avoided without the robbery; B: he took credit for discovering the vulnerability (or at least didn't correct people who assumed he must be a real hotshot at casino security design)
      - ensignavenger 2y ago
        Except that nobody robbed anyone.
  - georgehotz 2y ago
    The worst part of this critique is that it's not even true, and marcan knows better. He clearly dislikes me so much that he is willing to lie. The symmetric half of the metldr key was obtained with a novel exploit I found. Then the asymmetric half was derived from that with the fail0verflow method. But who really still cares about any of this, it was 13 years ago.
  - oldgradstudent 2y ago
    Weird, I could swear that I haven't seen that message. Thanks for the correction.
Kiro 2y ago
A great thread to show how Mastodon is no better than Twitter. Really obnoxious and toxic and not something I want to be near.
- loa_in_ 2y ago
  That's not platform specific, it's the humans

How many of those accomplishments were truly his, I wonder ? https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/109561314682149814 https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/109561314682149814

oldgradstudent 2y ago

The only thing the link contains is a bunch of people claiming that his achievements were built on other people's. Yet not even a single a achievement is mentioned by name, nor any specific detail is given. It's evidence for nothing.

homarp 2y ago
except marcan is https://archive.org/details/console-hacking-2010 https://archive.org/details/console-hacking-2010 not just 'a bunch of people'
- lagniappe 2y ago
  marcan is at least 2 people
  - throawayonthe 2y ago
    [dead]
NobodyNada 2y ago
The next message in the thread gives specifics about the PS3 crack referenced in the parent: > Disclaimer: I have personal experience with him when he took the PS3 ECDSA fail research I and the other fail0verflow folks presented at CCC, and a couple weeks later released the PS3 metldr keys obtained using our method, with zero credit or reference to us. Then Sony sued us all because they assumed we were working with him, even though we'd been careful not to actually release any crypto keys precisely to avoid giving the lawyers excuses to sue us. > So yes, I was named as a defendant on a lawsuit with him, thanks to his antics. That wasn't a fun few months.
- ensignavenger 2y ago
  So, it sounds like the individual is complaining that he didn't mention them, but also complaining about Sony sueing them, and somehow manages to blame him for Sonys actions? Like Sony gave them credit they didn't want, but they want to complain about not getting the credit they didn't want?
  - jazzyjackson 2y ago
    It's as if you gave an academic lecture on a casino's vulnerability to being robbed, and then someone actually went and robbed the casino. You can be mad at the asshole who robbed the casino for two reasons; A: he's put you in hot water that you would have avoided without the robbery; B: he took credit for discovering the vulnerability (or at least didn't correct people who assumed he must be a real hotshot at casino security design)
    - ensignavenger 2y ago
      Except that nobody robbed anyone.
- georgehotz 2y ago
  The worst part of this critique is that it's not even true, and marcan knows better. He clearly dislikes me so much that he is willing to lie. The symmetric half of the metldr key was obtained with a novel exploit I found. Then the asymmetric half was derived from that with the fail0verflow method. But who really still cares about any of this, it was 13 years ago.
- oldgradstudent 2y ago
  Weird, I could swear that I haven't seen that message. Thanks for the correction.

Kiro 2y ago

A great thread to show how Mastodon is no better than Twitter. Really obnoxious and toxic and not something I want to be near.

loa_in_ 2y ago
That's not platform specific, it's the humans