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NPM is owned by Microsoft, who sell proprietary software, the kind that keygens are made to defeat. Don't expect to see KMS spoofers on GitHub anytime soon for

by sneak 3y ago

NPM is owned by Microsoft, who sell proprietary software, the kind that keygens are made to defeat. Don't expect to see KMS spoofers on GitHub anytime soon for the same reason.

kholdstayr 3y ago
What about this? https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
- sneak 3y ago
  Those are scripts that talk to KMS servers on the internet - they would not fall under DMCA prohibitions on anticircumvention as I understand it. KMS spoofers are the services running on those internet hosts the scripts talk to. py-kms is on GitHub but I assume it won't remain there for the same reasons as yt-dlp.
  - mynameisvlad 3y ago
    > py-kms is on GitHub but I assume it won't remain there for the same reasons as yt-dlp. You mean this yt-dlp that isn't on there? https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp That script also does more than just Online KMS activation, which would be clear from a few seconds skimming. There's also been no indication that any of these repos would get taken down. At all. py-kms has been there since 2017. You'd think if Microsoft had such a big problem with its existence, it'd have gotten pulled in the last 6 years.
sgjohnson 3y ago
py-kms is a thing
IggleSniggle 3y ago
Okay but what about keygen for ssh/git/pgp/certs or really anything in software that relates to security, which fundamentally rely on, at some point, the generation of encryption keys? It’s just such a dumb counterproductive step to take.
aurareturn 3y ago
Microsoft was probably also traumatized by keygens for PC games in the 2000s - 2010s.
mynameisvlad 3y ago
There’s several KMS-based activation scripts and servers on GitHub. Did you even take a second to do the briefest of checks before saying that so confidently? https://github.com/topics/kms https://github.com/topics/kms
anthk 3y ago
KMS it's a literal module from Linux/BSD tied to the display technology.

by sneak 3y ago

NPM is owned by Microsoft, who sell proprietary software, the kind that keygens are made to defeat. Don't expect to see KMS spoofers on GitHub anytime soon for the same reason.

kholdstayr 3y ago

What about this? https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

sneak 3y ago
Those are scripts that talk to KMS servers on the internet - they would not fall under DMCA prohibitions on anticircumvention as I understand it. KMS spoofers are the services running on those internet hosts the scripts talk to. py-kms is on GitHub but I assume it won't remain there for the same reasons as yt-dlp.
- mynameisvlad 3y ago
  > py-kms is on GitHub but I assume it won't remain there for the same reasons as yt-dlp. You mean this yt-dlp that isn't on there? https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp That script also does more than just Online KMS activation, which would be clear from a few seconds skimming. There's also been no indication that any of these repos would get taken down. At all. py-kms has been there since 2017. You'd think if Microsoft had such a big problem with its existence, it'd have gotten pulled in the last 6 years.

sgjohnson 3y ago

py-kms is a thing

IggleSniggle 3y ago

Okay but what about keygen for ssh/git/pgp/certs or really anything in software that relates to security, which fundamentally rely on, at some point, the generation of encryption keys? It’s just such a dumb counterproductive step to take.

aurareturn 3y ago

Microsoft was probably also traumatized by keygens for PC games in the 2000s - 2010s.

mynameisvlad 3y ago

There’s several KMS-based activation scripts and servers on GitHub. Did you even take a second to do the briefest of checks before saying that so confidently? https://github.com/topics/kms https://github.com/topics/kms

anthk 3y ago

KMS it's a literal module from Linux/BSD tied to the display technology.