Spyware Used as an Anti-piracy measure

[Data64]

Slashdot has an interesting thread on how a software vendor is using
spyware to phone home when it thinks its is a cracked copy.

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...thread&tid=158
&tid=185&tid=99


Seems like a faily controversial topic

data64

[sponge]

On 22 Aug 2003 12:19:37 GMT, Data64 <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>Slashdot has an interesting thread on how a software vendor is using
>spyware to phone home when it thinks its is a cracked copy.
>
>http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...thread&tid=158
>&tid=185&tid=99
>
>
>Seems like a faily controversial topic
>
>data64

Been done for years. The first major, well-publicized user of this
technique was AutoDesk, starting with, I think, AutoCAD r12.

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