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posted by janrinok on Saturday March 22 2014, @02:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the questions-without-answers dept.

AnonTechie writes:

"Echoing a question asked on programmers.stackexchange.com - How can software be protected from piracy ?

It just seems a little hard to believe that with all of our technological advances and the billions of dollars spent on engineering the most unbelievable and mind-blowing software, we still have no other means of protecting against piracy than a "serial number/activation key." I'm sure a ton of money, maybe even billions, went into creating Windows 7 or Office and even Snow Leopard, yet I can get it for free in less than 20 minutes. Same for all of Adobe's products, which are probably the easiest. Can there exist a fool-proof and hack-proof method of protecting your software against piracy? If not realistically, could it be theoretically possible? Or no matter what mechanisms these companies deploy, can hackers always find a way around it ?"

 
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by chromas on Saturday March 22 2014, @06:23AM

    by chromas (34) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 22 2014, @06:23AM (#19623) Journal

    if you folks think I deserve what I get for selling software, that's OK too. :-)

    Actually, I just find it hilarious that you implemented a security scheme you barely understood and you don't know if it's effective. But we'll forgive you since it's just copy protection instead of bank transactions plus you learned crypto.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 22 2014, @01:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 22 2014, @01:09PM (#19677)

    Good point. But remember, it was mainly about moral satisfaction. In that regard, it's been a huge success.