I do not how it worked but I have seen people bypassing DRM restrictions. What can you say about the AUDIO CDs! I am not sure what methodologies they use but then they do not allow it to be copied... but they allow ripping... where does the security lie?

All security in almost everything related to software is dependent on some sort of password. Sometimes a fingerprint acts as a password and at other times it may be a pubic/private key. But among all the keys, the key is that all the keys open a lock. If you know the LOCK, you can make a key.

As far as tweaking hardware is concerned, I would never do that anytime soon coz I do not want to spend more money on experments with hardware while I already have a tight enough budget!

Anyway I like that hack. I wish I had a X-Box to play around with that thing. But anyway I liked it. Nice post (even though I did not understand it! )