@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-square70fedilinkarrow-up1369
arrow-up1369imageCan they even track pirated installs ?lemmy.dbzer0.com@B3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-square@kniescherz@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish39•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!linkfedilinkEnglish40•10 months agoNot if you automate it with a good script and run it on a few machines at a time.
minus-square@Grimpen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish38•10 months agoVirtualization is the key. Multiple VMs, installing, uninstalling, reinstalling.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!linkfedilinkEnglish17•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-square@50MYT@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish25•10 months agoA webGL program that just sends the packet with the install count details. You could send 200 packets a second easy.
minus-square@FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish11•10 months agoThis is the real answer.
minus-square@seaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-210 months agoVideogame Piracy, no-install % WR strats
minus-squaremeat_popsiclelinkfedilink8•10 months agoEasy enough to do with PowerShell and just leaving the box running.
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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