Microsoft Genuine Advantage Cracked

piyush ranjan writes "An Indian researcher has cracked the much-touted "impenetrable" Windows Genuine Advantage of Microsoft. According to Microsoft this service would soon require all Windows users to verify their license before downloading updates."

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[silverbolt]

This smacks of vaporware. Which "high profile security mailing list" ? What was the exploit ? When and where did Microsoft "confirm" the findings ?

Re:No more updates?

[jawtheshark]

Apple? Yes, they made you pay... Except if you were a pirate. I mean: I got Panther from a friend and used it for about a year. The next OS I was going to pay for was the one I would get with my next Apple.

Alas, my G3 iBook broke from a known logic board failure (which apple aknowlegdes, but only for users that have their machine for less than 3 years) and I can't use it anymore. No more Apple for me: they were supposed to last longer than PCs (and not a mere 4.5 years). Especially I have laptop PCs that lasted for over 5 years. Fuckers...
No seriously, OS X is easy to pirate and on top of that all updates are free. No license checking as with Microsoft.