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How does "watermarking" in applications work?

By watermark I mean: A byte array that is somehow integrated into a .exe / .dll file, which can be searched for. Many anti-piracy / anti-reverse-engineer programs include a system called "watermarks" as a featuer. For example VMProtect. How does…
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Most efficient Anti-Crack methods

Since cracking is a huge problem I want to go deep into blocking those pirates (I don't even want to mention Cydia Themes, I have recorded a cracking percentage of over 98% on my themes which are all under 1$!!). There are several methods on how to…
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Avoid running of software after copying to next machine?

I have developed a small software. I want to provide and run it commercially only. I want it to be run in the machines who have purchased it from me. If someone copies it from my clients computer and runs it in next computer, I would like to stop…
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serve up mp3 to local player w/o showing location of mp3

I am in the process of upgrading an existing application that was written in flash to play mp3 files of phone calls. The purpose of the application is to train employees of how to work with customers. Some of the calls are "negative" calls and…
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How to protect SQL code in SQL Server

Is it possible to protect SQL 2008 stored procedure code from anyone`s eyes? Maybe some encryption, or assembling like dll?
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Licensing solutions compatible with e-junkie?

I need a licensing solution. As it stands I've rolled my own partial key verification solution but obviously not being a cryptography expert or possessing a budget or a team to afford more than myself (I program solo for now) it's not perfect. It…
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How Can I Protect My C# Code From Being Decompiled?

Possible Duplicate: .Net Obfuscation Alternative for Obfuscation in the .NET world Just a few minutes ago, I read that there are a number of tools, many free, that allow you to convert a C# .exe back to a VB solution. This means that my…
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How to make Software Secure?

Possible Duplicate: Protect .NET code from reverse engineering? I want to make my software that it doesn't get distributed without being purchased? One way i thought was to make web service and keep track and all stuff. But limitation is that not…
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Protecting Software from Pirates

After reading numerous threads on Stack Overflow about how to protect software, I realized you can't. Thankfully my software is targetted at hosting businesses (not a lot of them at that) and a handful of consumers. I don't think the software will…
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Best way to protect video from downloading

What is the best way to make it harder for the user to download videos from my website?. I know it is impossible to prevent it at all. But I just want to make it more difficult than just secondary click, save as. I'm rendering as html5 video tag.…
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Prevent time-based copy protection circumvention?

I have some trial software that I wish to distribute to clients. I want the trial based software to stop working 30 days after installed. A simple check of the system date in the software is the most straightforward way to achieve this, but couldn't…
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PHP 5 software as a commerical product

I was thinking - say you are put thousand of man hours and come up with a state-of-the-art CMS or something. How do you ensure that whoever get it from you does not pirate it? I could insist the buyer to give me their URL and I hash it and use it as…
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Implement piracy prevention system for a Java desktop application

I am trying to create a desktop application in Java, It should not run in another machine than which I prefer. It should not run after a particular expiry data. Is there any good idea to do so. Please help me. Thanks in advance. According to my…
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How to prevent the default behavior on internal linked pages in jQueryMobile?

How can I prevent the default behavior on internal linked pages? My goal is to prevent the user from accessing page contents without first authenticate.
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How to prevent malicious operations from virtual keyboard in UWP app

I'm writing a UWP app that will run in kiosk mode on Windows 10. Unfortunately, the virtual keyboard always shows the settings' key: I can't figure out how I can hide it. The problem is that malicious users use it to change system settings, making…
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