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With newaudiotechnology.com we eventually switched to using USB sticks as dongles. The reason is that we noticed some paying users were cracking it, too, becau
by fxtentacle 4y ago
With newaudiotechnology.com we eventually switched to using USB sticks as dongles.
The reason is that we noticed some paying users were cracking it, too, because our licensing system didn't allow dual boot or having a workstation and a laptop.
But our licenses were supposed to be per user and people wanted to carry our software around with them. If setup correctly, the same USB stick is now used both as licensing dongle and it also contains installers for Windows and Mac.
- weakfortress 4y agoDongles don't prevent piracy. Famously, I remember paradox cracking several dongle-secured audio tools that were claimed to be "uncrackable". You may not even need to clone a dongle to do it.
- gwbas1c 4y agoSome people will crack it because they hate dongles. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
- progman32 4y agoHave the licensed crackers started carrying the sticks around?
- eps 4y agoUSB binding is fairly easy to bypass. Not script-kiddy level, granted, but it's still a matter of trampolining several API calls and then faking a presence of authorized USB device. At least on Windows. The reason yours wasn't cracked is the lack of interest on skilled crackers' part.
- fxtentacle 4y agoOr the fact that we updated often enough to make it annoying for crackers to keep up. But mainly my point was that some of the "piracy" turned out to be paying users who had issues with our licensing system.