Well it saved me a load on car insurance! :P It was good while it lasted! let the race begin! But being serious this kind of sucks... :( Poor market sells plus pirating not nice....
On Aug 23, 9:21 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > We all knew this was going to be a problem. It's inherent in the > platform. That said, the steps required to fix an app so it will run > are way more complicated than they used to be with just forward > locking. The script kiddies will be dissuaded from trying to unlock > hundreds or even thousands of apps to the point that it will become > unprofitable for them to do so. It may appear to be a simple scan and > replace as shown in the article but for a complex app with lots of > code, it will be a lot more difficult and subject to errors. > > I can see an easy way to thwart an automated patch. Just put about a > dozen fake functions in your app with that code. They don't have to do > anything but sit there. You could even put in a test to see if the app > was patched and cause it to fail or do something evil without a lot of > fuss. That way the pirates would not only have to look but would have > to analyze logic, something that's going to be beyond even the best > pirates. > > The thing that makes these pirates able to function is to be able to > simply steal the app, load it on their site and sell it. If each one > requires a manual effort to patch, they will quickly lose interest. > There may be some that will continue to do this but the numbers will > drop precipitately. > > -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
