“[Barely] 24 hours after the announcement [of WGA], simple code to bypass the check – a line of Javascript – was posted on the internet. Within a week, two more methods had been posted to different sites. A Microsoft spokesman said […] WGA was not designed to catch counterfeiters or prevent hacks.”
SMH (®) via The Inquirer via BlogsNow
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Um, what was it designed for, then? According to the spokesperson, “its intent is to help innocent customers realise the full value of authentic Windows software while protecting investments made by our partners.”
So they think people undervalue Microsoft software because they’re using illegal copies – which are inferior to legal copies… how? And “protecting investments” – isn’t that just trying to spin “knocking out the pirates” so that it no longer looks like “knocking out the pirates” when asked whether or not they’re, in fact, just trying to “knock out the pirates”?