I dont know what to say. About 3 days ago I released a script to the public. Today I realised, after searching on google that someone had already nulled (removed my protection) and pirated the scri...

To ensure that my paid android application was legally installed from store, I write this: String installer = getPackageManager().getInstallerPackageName( "com.example.myapp"); if (installer ==...

Three days ago, Visual Studio asked access to my keychain. I thought it was very weird (I have the same VScode version since two years, downloaded on the official website). I denied access each tim...

I'm using 'com.github.javiersantos:PiracyChecker:1.2.3' because my app is not yet integrates AndroidX. I have numerous reports from user reviews in my app's Google Play page that they have install...

I have an Android app published to Google Play Store (and its apk file is also published to some Chinese stores by somebody that I don't know). Today I noticed a very strange situation in Google An...

I've just released an app, a paid app, 4 days later a user told me there's another web site in China hosts my app. I downloaded it from there, and it does run fine on my device! There are posts h...

I'm writing an HTML5 based game that runs as a stand-alone application. It is distributed via the web, but there are no other server requirements—no database, etc.—everything is "in-app". Thi...

My app uses in-app purchase, and I verify the transaction receipts with Apple. This has shown me that many users are trying to pirate the in-app purchase mechanism by submitting fake transaction re...

Does In-App Purchase works on an iOS pirated application? Being a developer, I was thinking about the potential following use-case: Some internet user install my application by pirating it I let...

I know this the question of how to detect if your iOS app has been pirated has come up dozens of times, and the general consensus is that: It isn't worth playing that cat and mouse game Peo...

What are accepted methods to reduce iPhone application piracy, which do not violate Apple's evaluation process? If my application "phones home" to provide the unique device ID on which it runs, wh...

The app I am working on is automatically cracked by antiLVL (although I am not using the LVL in my app). In order of protecting my app from "one-click piracy", I am implementing tampering detectio...

Possible Duplicate: How are Software License Keys generated? I am a beginner in software developement and I would like to know how to implement a protection system on my Java app to p...

I would like to distribute my software (.net windows application) with evaluation version of 30 days irrespective of system time. I do not want to use internet for fetching time as software is to...

I am curious about how do you protect your software against cracking, hacking etc. Do you employ some kind of serial number check? Hardware keys? Do you use any third-party solutions? How...

I am about to implement a very basic licensing feature for my application. A serial number may be granted per-machine (or per-operating-system) or per-user (as for CAL in Windows Server: if my appl...

I plan to release one small, low priced utility. Since this is more hobby than business, I planned to use Dotfuscator Community Edition that is shipped with VS2008. How good is it? I coul...

How easy is it to determine whether an iPhone application is cracked and report that device ID to a server rather than block it / or turning the app into a lite version? Would patching remove these...

I'm not interested in getting version information. All I want to do is to make sure my application will only run on a legal version of Windows and not on a pirated version. Windows uses some ...

What is the best way to avoid that an application is copied and used without the owner’s knowing? Is there any way to trace the usage? Meaning periodically the application communicates back, with ...