Now Here's something Interesting....
Monday, September 13, 2004 by CygnusXII | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I regularly read SlashDot.org, and they posted an interesting Article/ Blurb, Today.
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/13/1357202&tid=156&tid=98&tid=8
http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/123251&mode=thread
http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000361.php
"The author of the Echelon decided to take his fight against software piracy to the next level and then threw in the towel. After someone began posting new serial numbers on a well known hacking site, the author took matters into his own hands. With version 1.0, entering a hacked serial number causes the software deleted the user's Home directory. Yes, you read it right, the software completely erases it (aka rm -rf ~).
My Comment Now I once used WB, illegally, and liked it so Much I bought a Subscription. I did the same with HoverDesk and Nextstart, All versions of Myst and ZipMagic and PowerDesk. If I truly like something then I buy it, and support the Author. What I was curious about was peoples' reactions to the Actions of this Developer. Now we have all had our share of data Corruption, what would happen if you had a piece of time-bombed software in your machine and one blue-screen too many and you ended up triggering the time-bomb? Talk Back and tell me what ya think? I mean is it possible to embed something like this via WSH? JAvaScript? If this is the case, or not could it be done via DesktopX objects? What are the safety valves to prevent this from happening? The Forum is open, please take time to think it over.
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/13/1357202&tid=156&tid=98&tid=8
http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/123251&mode=thread
http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000361.php
"The author of the Echelon decided to take his fight against software piracy to the next level and then threw in the towel. After someone began posting new serial numbers on a well known hacking site, the author took matters into his own hands. With version 1.0, entering a hacked serial number causes the software deleted the user's Home directory. Yes, you read it right, the software completely erases it (aka rm -rf ~).
My Comment Now I once used WB, illegally, and liked it so Much I bought a Subscription. I did the same with HoverDesk and Nextstart, All versions of Myst and ZipMagic and PowerDesk. If I truly like something then I buy it, and support the Author. What I was curious about was peoples' reactions to the Actions of this Developer. Now we have all had our share of data Corruption, what would happen if you had a piece of time-bombed software in your machine and one blue-screen too many and you ended up triggering the time-bomb? Talk Back and tell me what ya think? I mean is it possible to embed something like this via WSH? JAvaScript? If this is the case, or not could it be done via DesktopX objects? What are the safety valves to prevent this from happening? The Forum is open, please take time to think it over.
CygnusXII
Reply #2 Monday, September 13, 2004 8:44 PM
Reply #2 Monday, September 13, 2004 8:44 PM
Yeah, my father and I had a discussion like this once. There was a case where, someone was stealing hub caps, really bad, so a concerned citizen booby trapped his hub caps with razor blades, and sliced the would be thief to ribbons. Now the thief sued the owner, all the way to the bank. Makes ya wonder.
Sugaree
Reply #3 Monday, September 13, 2004 9:21 PM
Reply #3 Monday, September 13, 2004 9:21 PM
Well, I think it makes him no better then the thief! >
Doreen
Reply #4 Monday, September 13, 2004 9:44 PM
Reply #4 Monday, September 13, 2004 9:44 PM
??? So what happens if a person w/ a valid serial number enters it incorrectly?
Doreen
Reply #5 Monday, September 13, 2004 9:49 PM
Reply #5 Monday, September 13, 2004 9:49 PM
Hmm still reading that other link but sometimes ppl purchase reg/serial #'s then they make a mistake reading it and enter it incorrectly then what? this guy then dumps ppl's personal stuff that are his own legal customers and says opps sorry? I agree w/ China this guy is no better then the thief... sheesh!
Jafo
Reply #6 Monday, September 13, 2004 10:33 PM
Reply #6 Monday, September 13, 2004 10:33 PM
| So what happens if a person w/ a valid serial number enters it incorrectly? |
Dor...that's one serious issue with the method's legality.....it would come under the heading of 'criminal damage' through malicious scripting....akin to virus distribution and he'd be in for a whole world of grief...
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Reply #1 Monday, September 13, 2004 8:08 PM
There's likely to be a legality issue if no warning of such is given.
May very well come under the heading of 'man trap' which is not the way to prevent burglars from entering your property...