Re: Copy Protection Device on Parallel Port

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From: David Harper
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:53

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In article <bill.703333759@chaos.cs.umn.edu> bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu writes:
>painter@hera (painter) writes:
>
>{stuff deleted]
>
>>  On the other hand, we in the PC community have to realize
>>  that software piracy is a genuine problem and neither have
>>  most of us done enough to control it among our friends,
>>  peers, and co-workers, nor have our brighter technical
>>  wizards come up with many good alternatives to dongles.
>
>yea but these stupid things can be easily broken also, they're just a pain
>in the a*
>
>
>--
>bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu


Actually, it is not as easy as you might think.  Five years ago these things
were fairly easy to crack, which is probably why todays models are a little
tougher.

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