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[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Not really? The format is well documented. Whether it is possible to include some sort of exploit depends on the client you use to play it, and if so, I doubt Microsoft or IBM would be the ones to do it.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 years ago (6 children)

if so, I doubt Microsoft or IBM would be the ones to do it.

Yeah Sony is much more likely!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Dave Plummer has a very interesting take on this since he was the dev manager for Windows CD Autorun at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqWjq2SdzpI

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