PSA: Brickers Abound

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Only source anything from there outside of what already exists

That's basically all you'd have to do in terms of mitigating something like this. There's probably like 6 teenagers that are bored enough to waste time attempting anything significant with this, the public release would amount to Discord trolls, again, with literally nothing else to do.

If you're trying to mass brick a bunch of consoles, try making it for something that's in active development and not a $20 box that any person with half a brain has been able to mod for the entire decade. You'd at least have some credibility as a fuckstick, not just a fuckstick.

EDIT: You're only keeping this private for 1 week? Come on guys, gotta be more confident than that

 

It is not only the bricking Thing....

FEAR is the weapon put on by these people.

To achieve:

All are unsure,nobody does not longer have the confidence in Modding their Wii´s...
This kind of...

 

That's hilarious, have they not heard of audiophile for example? The phile part means love. The phile in pedophile is also love/attraction, pedo is child, child-love.

 

It's weird.

That DS bricker was literally nuked off the Internet for years, but resurfaced once bricking stuff = fun...

god dammit

 

Ok, so now the Wii homebrew scene is akin to going to illegal raves and dropping random pills a stranger is selling, could be ecstacy, or could be the last pill you ever take.

Cool, might as well call it all gurnbrew.

 

gonna have to put up some wii memorials for this one

really though, as serious as these malware shenanigans are, the way this post is written sounds like a textbook villain of a movie/video game, it's almost hilarious.

 

oh no, next they will be coming after my gameboys

 

Okay, I’m not a developer. Nevertheless: Bricking a Wii to a point where only restoring a NAND backup with something like an Infectus/NAND programmer can help seems plausible to me. I hate something like that.

Posting this warning on the front page is a good thing. But it’s also giving those idiots their five minutes of fame.

If any of those malware authors reads this: I feel bad for you! If you feel the necessity of spreading FUD and/or malware you must have a miserable live.

 

On the bright side, most of us are not so quick to getting homebrew as soon as they release. If there's something up with one, there will be comments, which is why you always check the comments first if there is any. It sounds wrong, but there will most likely be someone who takes the fall first. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

I have a weird feeling that they used the Wii references as disguise, so be careful with any new homebrew (whatever the platform) that surfaces after the 7th, I bet my pocket's money that it will be aimed to the switch scene.

 

wii terrorism is something fierce, ey?

 

I cannot believe what I am reading. the darkside of homebrew?

 

That's very good! Thank you for the explanation.

 

It's almost like a catch-22. You want to let people know so they avoid it and deal wisely, but if you do, you also have the unwanted effect of publicizing them.
EDIT: frickin' ninjas man

I would argue and say that it's good for the newer users at the least.