B3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 months agoCan they even track pirated installs ?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down14
arrow-up1389arrow-down1imageCan they even track pirated installs ?lemmy.dbzer0.comB3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squarekniescherz@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·11 months agoWell you would just have to download it once. But install it 1000000 times. Sounds like a lot of work.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orgcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·11 months agoNot if you automate it with a good script and run it on a few machines at a time.
minus-squareGrimpen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·11 months agoVirtualization is the key. Multiple VMs, installing, uninstalling, reinstalling.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orgcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months agoHell, that’s even better. Running scripts on a bunch of VMs on a couple hundred server machines. If that doesn’t do it, I don’t know what will.
minus-square50MYT@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months agoA webGL program that just sends the packet with the install count details. You could send 200 packets a second easy.
minus-squareFARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoThis is the real answer.
minus-squareseaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoVideogame Piracy, no-install % WR strats
minus-squaremeat_popsicle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoEasy enough to do with PowerShell and just leaving the box running.
minus-squareCaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agodeleted by creator
Well you would just have to download it once. But install it 1000000 times. Sounds like a lot of work.
Not if you automate it with a good script and run it on a few machines at a time.
Virtualization is the key. Multiple VMs, installing, uninstalling, reinstalling.
Hell, that’s even better. Running scripts on a bunch of VMs on a couple hundred server machines. If that doesn’t do it, I don’t know what will.
A webGL program that just sends the packet with the install count details.
You could send 200 packets a second easy.
This is the real answer.
Videogame Piracy, no-install % WR strats
Easy enough to do with PowerShell and just leaving the box running.
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