Comment Re:Stop writing ugly hacks for IE6.... (Score 1) 531
And scare away 50% of potential consumers because of a "broken website" ?
Does a customer
using IE6 to browse
have any money?
Submission + - Software Deletes Files to Defend Against Piracy
teamhasnoi writes: "Back in 2004, Slashdot discussed a program that deleted your home directory on entry of a pirated serial number. Now, a new developer is using the same method to protect his software, aptly named Display Eater. In the dev's own words, "There exist several illegal cd-keys that you can use to unlock the demo program. If Display Eater detects that you are using these, it will erase something. I don't know if this is going to become Display Eater policy. If this level of piracy continues, development will stop." Is deleting user data ever acceptable, even when defending one's software from piracy?"
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