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I worked on an a service that did this to prevent unauthorised distribution of something we sold in zip files. You can add a lot of identifiable data to pretty
by deanc 5y ago
I worked on an a service that did this to prevent unauthorised distribution of something we sold in zip files. You can add a lot of identifiable data to pretty much any file format if you try hard enough.
- atoav 5y agoI would download from multiple accounts, and then compare the resulting file, normalize the differences.
- y4mi 5y agoYou wouldn't unless you knew they're doing that. And you likely wouldn't even have the option because you'd have to pay multiple licences just to diff them with franc's example.
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- deanc 5y agoSure, this is not foolproof - but you'd be surprised how many people were caught.
- hardwaresofton 5y agoI’ve often thought of building a similar service… on a scale of one to NSA how questionable did it feel to work on? When I think about it doing it well might mean journalists or scientists get caught doing something I morally agree with
- deanc 5y ago1. This was in order to track pirates of the software and revoke their license. Nothing out the ordinary :)