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by kurisufag 1042 days ago
>you can practice on your own stuff

I mean, not really. If you go down that route too long you end up with something that has an attack surface so small/specific you'll never see it in the wild. There are almost always unknown variables that you can't know about or control for until you actually encounter them.

Plus, popping your first live box is an ancient rite of passage.