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Windows Key Leak Threatens Mass Piracy
lou_soyur writes "A key code for installing Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 has leaked onto the Internet. Rampant piracy sure to follow fears Microsoft, so it's a safe assumption that their lawyers "would scour the Internet looking for the leaked code". The joy of closed source security at work."
The apparent owner of the 'leaked' key has disappeared today. Microsoft states there is absolutely no connection between the 2 events...
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"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
-- George Orwell
The poster forgot to link to the leaked key. A fix would be appreciated.
Locking all the windows in the house and the sliding doors with locks that require keys to open, is my token gesture at keeping my computer equipment in the house and burglars out.
I know it doesn't work always. And my contingency escape plan is throw chair through window in case of fire. Which will work unless I install security window tinting. In which case I may need a special ice pick to get out. Hmm, that might double as burglar repellant.
-- it must be true, it's on the internet.
"Windows Key Leak threatens mass piracy"
If I'm reading it correctly (2am w/o coffee) it seems that the subject of the sentence --Windows Key Leak-- is acting --threatens(threaten)-- on the predicate --mass piracy--.
If MS is worried about piracy, shouldn't they leak *more* codes?
$cat
I still don't want it!
I was still using A = 1 B = 2... Now my stuff is really going to be secure.
Congratulations! Now we are the Evil Empire
posting working serials here on slashdot? or are they all fake?
well try this, does it make sense?
Join the crowd
Build a tower
8 meters to the right
8 meters to the left
Forty meters in height
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Wait for good weather
Tear down the tower
2 people will help
Questions will follow
3 days just have passed
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Does anybody wonder
Probably
X is a hard letter
T is much better
Together they fit
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You should know already
8 again a typo?
Good lord it's fun
Help them spread there software
Greed is a sin
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7 sins there are
You should have got it now
You remember that 'fuck you' tombstone?
Questions?
You got it.
But I think you just made that up
Unless you know something we don't
Like you work for Microsoft
Less chance of actually having a third valid serial
So it seems, anyway
Hey, or maybe you just nicked it from work
I still don't believe you
Thanks and goodbye!
Use Double ROT-13 encryption, and your securitiy problems will be over.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
I'm sorry, but that's just too funny. I snorted coffee out my nose when I read that. /\/\Y 1337 HuRD 0f GNUs!!! LOL ROFL"
Can you imagine posts to LKML digitally signed by RMS reading something like "ph33r
That said, The key that has been leaked isn't that big a deal to pirates, it just makes it less dificult to do the initial installation. Nat a big deal. Windows ME & 2000 pirate releases usually have a binary patch to the installer so it doesn't need a key at all.
Desperation is a stinky cologne
Hi, I need a serial for the latest Linux kernel, version 2.4.20, the old serial doesn't work anymore. I'd prefer a keygen over a crack.. TIA!!
:)
*now waits for the obligatory 'Me too!!' posts*
make oldconfig deps modules bzimage install
If that doesn't work for you, there are others!
After spending several hours looking over this latest release from the 'Redmondian Army of Doom', I have mixed feelings about this key as a whole but I still find myself strangely attracted to a few of it's verses. It is as if parts of it were composed by choruses of lilting angels while other parts we're slapped together with the premediation of a four year old making mud pies. Lets take a look at this new key... verse, by haunting verse, shall we?
C4C24-
What a stunning beginning! Almost symetrical, yet still off balance even with the repeating C's and 4's. The 2 was a discordant shocker at first, but the more I read over it, the more I found that it acted as a 'front porch', if you will, for the firmly concluding 4.
QDY9P-
This is that "Mud Pie" verse that I alluded to earlier. After such a strong beginning with "C4C24", "QDY9P" is a total dissapointment. I think the problem here is the 9. The "QDY phrase is an intriguing start to this verse but the 9 just throws away any semblance of order.
GQJ4F-
This is without a doubt, the most playful and funky verse in the key. The central "QJ4" is a sassy and taunting invocation of some well known classical themes which takes on a whole different tone when sandwiched between the "G" and the slightly naughty "F".
2DB6G-
Probably the most memorable verse in this work, I kept humming "2DB", "2DB", "2DB", "2DB" to myself all afternoon. This cadence was a welcome change of pace and helped move this key back in the right direction toward the finale.
PFQ9W
What a triumph! This final verse had me on the edge of my seat in anticipation as each new character played on the preceeding ones with a curious mixture of both lust and fury. The "PFQ" opening is both sensual and vulgar at once, but when blended into a "Q9W" clarion call, the effect is awsome and should stand as one of the great Windows Key verses of all time.
"A microprocessor... is a terrible thing to waste." --
GeneralEmergency
And here I've been using A = 65 B = 66... damn.
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