B3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 months agoCan they even track pirated installs ?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down13
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minus-squareYote.zip@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up158·10 months agoNow I can finally download a game 100000x to bankrupt a game company, just like they always said we could.
minus-squarekniescherz@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·10 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.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·10 months agoNot if you automate it with a good script and run it on a few machines at a time.
minus-squareGrimpen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·10 months agoVirtualization is the key. Multiple VMs, installing, uninstalling, reinstalling.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·10 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-squaremeat_popsicle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoEasy enough to do with PowerShell and just leaving the box running.
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minus-squareNilz@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·10 months agoWe have come full circle. Hurray?
Now I can finally download a game 100000x to bankrupt a game company, just like they always said we could.
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.
Easy enough to do with PowerShell and just leaving the box running.
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We have come full circle. Hurray?