Would You Tell People How To Crack Your Software?

An anonymous reader writes "Fed up with piracy and the availability of cracked versions of his software, Cobalt Strike developer Raphael Mudge wrote a blog post telling people how to crack his software. Some gifts are poisoned, and Raphael goes into deep detail about how to backdoor his software and use it to distribute malware. Will this increase piracy of his software, or will it discourage would-be pirates from downloading cracked versions?"

Comments

Re:Tongue in cheek

[girlintraining]

Yeah, because the *reputation* of the software companies doesn't matter at all. (roll eyes)

Not when you can just buy it with a marketing campaign it doesn't. Or do you think they spend tens of millions because they like hearing the sound of their voice?

What a load of crap. A fat handout? Do you have any clue at all what you're talking about?

Living under a rock and missed the Too big to fail fiasco that landed our economy in the longest recession in US history?

rove it by showing some instances of the government giving money to companies because of claimed losses due to piracy.

Check.

I can't think of any companies that have made a bunch of money by "beating people in their homes until money falls out".

You need to think harder. But snark aside... There was that raid in Guatemala, and this one in George Town, and oh hey look... here's an article in Business Week offering advice because it happens so often CEOs need to be aware of it. But if you don't believe them, ask Kim Dotcom how things are working out for him.

You're seriously in fantasy land with this one. But, hey, whatever fantasy makes you feel good about pirating other people's hard work without paying a dime. You're a real hero. The world owes you everything for free.

I'm no hero. I'm just the girl with all the facts on her side.

Oh, so if a malware infested piece of software is uploaded, Bittorrent will make sure you're downloading the same malware-infested software that someone uploaded? That's reassuring.

As opposed to a malware infested piece of software downloaded from the company's official website? Because if you think that's never happened, Google for 'Sony' and 'root kit'.

Bill Gates prefers you pirate his software over someone elses because it helps block other people out of the market.

The one thing you actually got right. Here's a cookie.