Yeah... I didn't thought of it...
But you reminded me.. I was the first to scream about the CPU ID on the
PIII...
"Bradly J. Barton" wrote:
> Nevermind that the horse is already out of the barn on this one. Not only do
> no pre-3.0 Palm devices have serial numbers, but neither do the Visors (at
> least the first round, I don't know about the Prism or Platinum) or the
> m100. I also seem to remember hearing something about the early V's and the
> Sony Clie also being sans serial number.. so you are eliminating a huge
> number of existing machines if you "require" a UID.
>
> The other side of that is that we have an easily extendible, real-world
> example of what happens when you try to etch an ID number into something
> like a CPU.. just ask Intel about their plan to include such a thing in the
> Pentium III... the public at large wouldn't stand for it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nesse, Rustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:46 AM
> Subject: RE: Sigularity of each Palm device
>
> > Especially if there is the capability to track the UID through a
> > wireless internet connection. But that aside, a UID would provide an
> > easy to retrieve key for copy protection code encryption. Of course,
> > if someone else were to retrieve that UID programmatically, then
> > reapply it directly to the code...crack! (Actually a keygen, but at
> > the very least, it might give you more time to market and sell your
> > software).
> >
> > -Rus
> >
> > >Since many people ask this question, maybe this is something
> > >Palm should
> > >address. With a device made to beam information to other
> > >devices, it seems
> > >like a good idea to have a unique identifier. Of course there
> > >is the privacy
> > >issue.
> > >__________________________________________
> > >Guy Duplantier
> > >Software Developer
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> > >__________________________________________
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > >Of Patrick
> > >Ouellet
> > >Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 9:20 AM
> > >To: Palm Developer Forum
> > >Subject: Sigularity of each Palm device
> > >
> > >
> > >Is there some kind of serial number retreivable
> > >via programming for each palm...
> > >
> > >Or any unique number for each palm device made
> > >
> > >I need to have a unique key for each of the palm I install my apps on.
> > >The best would be some kind of serial number or something like that.
> > >Anyone have a clue ??
> > >
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