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afaik piracy is already rampant. I expect if this is done the government would just officially stop respecting copyright of companies that do this.
by dtech 5y ago
afaik piracy is already rampant. I expect if this is done the government would just officially stop respecting copyright of companies that do this.
- akulbe 5y agoNot only is it rampant, Russia is looking at making it legal, so I'm not sure how much effect breaking the license checks would have.
- rosndo 5y agoGood luck managing updates for your entirely pirated software stack.
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoOut of curiosity, will Windows and Mac users in Russia stop receiving OS updates as part of the sanctions? That would definitely expose them to hacking and malware and hurt them big time. Then again, that could probably push every user in Russia to use a VPN to get their updates.
- detaro 5y agoGiven that some countries still seem to run on XP mostly I'm not sure it hurts that much.
- rosndo 5y agoIf such sanctions are imposed, then yes. Such sanctions have not been imposed yet. If software companies decide to suspend sales to Russia, then they might have to resort to piracy and possibly miss out on OS updates.
- ChuckNorris89 5y ago>Such sanctions have not been imposed yet. Is there a reason why not?
- rosndo 5y agoMost sanctions that could be imposed have not been imposed yet. The indirect effects of current banking sanctions have made it almost impossible to do business with Russia though. I have many Russian customers, but neither my Chinese nor UAE banks will accept any transfers from Russia (not to even mention western banks). My business is not directly affected by sanctions, the banks just don’t have sufficient risk appetite to touch Russian money. Best offer I’ve seen was from a partner which offered to take Russian transfers to a Kyrgyzstani bank account and send me USDT. Perhaps such sanctions would be unnecessary? Perhaps they’re just on the way.
- jotm 5y ago1. It's not that hard. 2. Updates are way overhyped.
- rosndo 5y agoIt’s really that hard if you care about not getting hacked with 1days all the time.
- jotm 5y agoEh, all the time = maybe once a year. Still no Spectre/Meltdown exploits in the wild. Most Windows XP users don't even know about Reddit and shit.
- rosndo 5y agoNeither spectre nor meltdown were very exciting vulnerabllities. Technically interesting, but too hard to usefully exploit in the browser. LPE? Those are a dime in a dozen. Nobody cares about home users, it’s businesses which this hurts.
- jotm 5y agoThat's interesting, because I clearly remember it being "the end of modern processors as we know it". But yeah, media is garbage and people will overhype anything.
- vasachi 5y agoNo, currently there is no public plan to do that.
- gremlinsinc 5y agohttps://gizmodo.com/russia-looks-at-legalizing-software-piracy-to-offset-sa-1848616859 https://gizmodo.com/russia-looks-at-legalizing-software-pira...
- siskiyou 5y agoEven so, delicensing existing installations would still have a significant effect. The blockade doesn't have to work perfectly to cause more economic disruption.