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Article #12223How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy?
From: Imran Anwar
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:59
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:59
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I have spent a lot of effort and time to develop a solution to a communications problem/need and now face a quandry. While I do NOT want to limit users with the hassle of copy protection, keys eyc. I do want to protect my s/ware. There are two ways I feel I can lose control of my product. One is that someone can actually just copy and share it, and secondly someone can see what System Folder files I give with my program and reverse engineer (or figure out). I therefore think that one simple solution would be to install the software and my Macros in the user's machine BUT to make some of the files (eg Macros, Scripts) INVISIBLE to the user. So even if someone copies files they are likely to miss the INVISIBLE files (that are essential for the solution to work) and so basically I will have copy protection. I know this solution will not be likely be perfect but for ORDINARY non hackers it will be sufficient, I feel. Q. Any suggestions, and also: HOW TO MAKE FILES INVISIBLE eg a file in Preferences or Control Panels folder? Thanks for your help Imran
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!rpi!news.columbia.edu!cunixa.cc.columbia.edu!ia4 From: ia4@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Imran Anwar) Subject: How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy? Message-ID: <1992Aug15.065903.25124@news.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@news.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixa.cc.columbia.edu Organization: Columbia University Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:59:03 GMT Lines: 25