so i was a little put off after purchasing iWork '09, because i could no longer access "Show Package Contents" of my pages files. i generally used this to swap out images of the same size, or to color balance, etc.
anyway, i started thinking about security of applications based on showing package contents. as far as i know the only way for someone to crack an application is to have access to the package contents which lists the Unix Executable File in the Mac OS folder. i guess there's also the possibility to swap out frameworks (particularly Aquatic Prime framework if the framework is installed instead of the Aquatic Prime library)... since apps are really just folders with a .app extension, wouldn't it be possible to disable "Show Package Contents", as with the new .pages files, so that it would make the app more secure (if not impossible to crack)? couldn't Apple implement some sort of password protection or optional block on viewing package contents with XCode so that apps are impossible to crack? this post is totally just me thinking out loud. i personally believe that if someone is going to download a cracked version of an app then either they wouldn't have bought a license anyway, or they don't have the money... i'm not trying to make an app of mine more secure. but i'd like to hear your thoughts about this. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
