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I saw this story earlier today and I must say I'm still very skeptical about the truth behind it. I don't really buy it, sorry.

• modoc 18y ago
  What don't you buy? Many serial number protected commercial applications have had their algorithms for validating a SN cracked and Key Generators spit out any number of valid serials for them. Why would they use an fixed algorithm like that instead of using a good random generator and maintaining a database of valid codes? Perhaps they want the redemption side to not be reliant upon a backend code lookup and validation system (due to uptime, performance, etc...). Perhaps they thought no one would break it, and that would save them from having to build a high availability, low latency, high throughput, lookup system with some amazingly large database tables.
  • rscott 18y ago
    I don't buy it because I don't think that these iTunes gift cards are activated until you purchase them.