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Why is that cracking? It's just a hack; patching a binary to fix a bug is by no means a crack IMO. A clever hack? Sure, but calling it a crack just serves to
by daeken 17y ago
Why is that cracking? It's just a hack; patching a binary to fix a bug is by no means a crack IMO. A clever hack? Sure, but calling it a crack just serves to make it sound like a bad thing.
- tlrobinson 17y agoSkype is known for their insane obfuscation (to prevent reverse engineering of the protocol), though it doesn't sound like that's applicable in this case.
- lvecsey 17y agoThat was my big take away too and my sense was that in another forum, he would have used the term hack. But it's easier to explain it away as a crack to convey that users should observe caution, share it quietly, and also to piggy back on a commonly held notion that it won't break or otherwise harm any system (such as the service being used).