B3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoCan they even track pirated installs ?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down14
arrow-up1393arrow-down1imageCan they even track pirated installs ?lemmy.dbzer0.comB3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squarekniescherz@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 year agoWell you would just have to download it once. But install it 1000000 times. Sounds like a lot of work.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 year agoNot if you automate it with a good script and run it on a few machines at a time.
minus-squareGrimpen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 year agoVirtualization is the key. Multiple VMs, installing, uninstalling, reinstalling.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoHell, that’s even better. Running scripts on a bunch of VMs on a couple hundred server machines. If that doesn’t do it, I don’t know what will.
minus-square50MYT@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoA webGL program that just sends the packet with the install count details. You could send 200 packets a second easy.
minus-squareFARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThis is the real answer.
minus-squareseaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoVideogame Piracy, no-install % WR strats
minus-squaremeat_popsicle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoEasy enough to do with PowerShell and just leaving the box running.
minus-squareCaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agodeleted by creator
Well you would just have to download it once. But install it 1000000 times. Sounds like a lot of work.
Not if you automate it with a good script and run it on a few machines at a time.
Virtualization is the key. Multiple VMs, installing, uninstalling, reinstalling.
Hell, that’s even better. Running scripts on a bunch of VMs on a couple hundred server machines. If that doesn’t do it, I don’t know what will.
A webGL program that just sends the packet with the install count details.
You could send 200 packets a second easy.
This is the real answer.
Videogame Piracy, no-install % WR strats
Easy enough to do with PowerShell and just leaving the box running.
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