Microsoft WGA validation defeated?
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Interesting reading. • Windows Genuine Advantage FAQ (@ MS)[^] • Defeating WGA proof-of-concept[^] /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com
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Interesting reading. • Windows Genuine Advantage FAQ (@ MS)[^] • Defeating WGA proof-of-concept[^] /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com
Meh. I've only needed one download so far that has required it. And when i told it "no", then it let me download anyway. I think MS intends this more as a psychological ploy than as any serious technical hurdle.
You must be careful in the forest Broken glass and rusty nails If you're to bring back something for us I have bullets for sale...
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Interesting reading. • Windows Genuine Advantage FAQ (@ MS)[^] • Defeating WGA proof-of-concept[^] /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com
Well it's like anything else a lock only really keeps honest people out and sadly in the software business the level of honest people is a lot lower than in the real world. If it's too difficult for the average Joe then it's done it's job. Uber hackers are not nearly as much of a threat to the bottom line as the guy next door handing a copy of a CD to their buddy. I've been deeply interested in software anti-piracy measures for many years since starting to sell our own software over the internet and I early on came to the conclusion the best you can hope for is to deter the casual user.
"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office." - Ambrose Bierce
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Meh. I've only needed one download so far that has required it. And when i told it "no", then it let me download anyway. I think MS intends this more as a psychological ploy than as any serious technical hurdle.
You must be careful in the forest Broken glass and rusty nails If you're to bring back something for us I have bullets for sale...
It is currently optional, but MS have stated that they intend to make it compulsory. Gavin Greig "Haw, you're no deid," girned Charon. "Get aff ma boat or ah'll report ye." Matthew Fitt - The Hoose O Haivers: The Twelve Trauchles O Heracles.
