• RobotToaster@mander.xyz
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    1 month ago

    It’s surprising it doesn’t happen more often.

    They send out review copies to “journalists” months in advance, all it takes is one of them to have poor opsec.

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      1 month ago

      for this kind of release but bigger blockbuster I guess critics are invited to see it in private

    • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts
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      1 month ago

      I’m guessing the copies they send to “journalists” have some sort of individualized watermark. Of course that would only fight leakers, not the “journalists” getting hacked