25 February 2007

Mac Display Eater kills home files - PR disaster waiting to happen

"A MAKER of Mac software has uncovered a “scary” anti-piracy measure in a bit of code called Display Eater.

Karsten Kusche, who works for another Apple software maker Briksoftware, says that if you try to use a pirated serial number with Display Eater, the software will delete your home file, which in Mac land is the same as killing your computer."

Click on the link below for the full article:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37824

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