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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 ?"
(Score: 2) by TheloniousToady on Saturday March 22 2014, @02:09PM
In my own case, the fact that they expire so quickly means that I virtually never use them. If I got 5 points that lasted for three days rather than 10 points that last 3 hours (or less?), I'd start using them. On the other site, I had gotten into the habit of deploying my mod points with great deliberation.
That said, I apologize for the dereliction of duty. I'm glad that others of you are using them - we all enjoy getting modded up. :-)