Comments on: iPhone App Adds Its Own Anti-Piracy Measures

By: Old iPhone, Anti-Piracy App, Tweetie Rejected, iNetbook?, Dancing Woz!, PIFTS? « Trying to Write

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:27:05 +0000

[…] The Full Screen Web Browser iPhone app developer, Ben Chatelain, has made a newer version of his with something special. It can sense if it is a cracked version, and will start a sort of demo mode. After 10 days, it will not allow you to use it and a pop up screen will come up telling you to buy it or exit. This is pretty nice, since many apps on the iPhone have started to be cracked. [Just Another iPhone Blog] […]

By: fiuza78

fiuza78 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:03:02 +0000

The only protection that I ever see working is that kind of app that you must be online and have to log in, like WoW, day of defeat, etc. It might be an option, but would make the app less attractive.

By: PatrickJ

PatrickJ — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:22:29 +0000

fiuza – sadly, I think you’re probably right. Faking system date immediately springs to mind …

By: fiuza78

fiuza78 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:19:27 +0000

When I read the title of your post I thought it was an update of the OS, not an effort from an individual application.

Personally, I think it’s a waste of time. It’s probably very easy to crack this new protection.