Comment on Lastest Riot Vanguard Update Can Brick Your Hardware (If You're a Cheater)
lorty@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
I’m having a hard time understanding this piece. How is updating the system’s firmware causing bricked hardware? Is the new firmware purposefully useless?
atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s because what it actually does is change your system firmware so that a physical piece of hardware commonly used for cheating will no longer connect and be available. It doesn’t actually brick anything. It prevents a handshake. It’d be like if a piece of software was able to go in and unmount your hard drive. Nothing is wrong with your computer. Nothing is wrong with the hard drive. They just don’t talk to each other anymore.
lorty@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
So the headline is just hyperbole? What a weird editorial choice
atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Agreed. Headlines more and more rely on outrage for clicks.