Comments on: SecuROM to be used on Red Alert 3 http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/09/securom-to-be-used-on-red-alert-3/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:44:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: ByteShield http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/09/securom-to-be-used-on-red-alert-3/comment-page-1/#comment-26593 ByteShield Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:09:16 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/09/securom-to-be-used-on-red-alert-3/#comment-26593 This is a terrible story for 2 parties - legitimate users who simply wanted to play Spore and couldn't because the activation servers went down and EA because Spore was cracked even before it was released. Often developers walk a tightrope with the trade off between protection strength and the degree of impact on legitimate users but this was a failure on both dimensions! Is this really what the publisher wants to 'accomplish'? Why not use a solution which is friendly to honest users, has no impact on development time and the strongest available protection against crackers - see our whitepaper http://www.byteshield.net/byteshield_whitepaper_0005.pdf. Christian Olsson ByteShield, Inc. http://www.byteshield.net This is a terrible story for 2 parties – legitimate users who simply wanted to play Spore and couldn’t because the activation servers went down and EA because Spore was cracked even before it was released.

Often developers walk a tightrope with the trade off between protection strength and the degree of impact on legitimate users but this was a failure on both dimensions! Is this really what the publisher wants to ‘accomplish’? Why not use a solution which is friendly to honest users, has no impact on development time and the strongest available protection against crackers – see our whitepaper
http://www.byteshield.net/byteshield_whitepaper_0005.pdf.

Christian Olsson
ByteShield, Inc.
http://www.byteshield.net

]]> By: gorman http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/09/securom-to-be-used-on-red-alert-3/comment-page-1/#comment-26407 gorman Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:51:16 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/09/securom-to-be-used-on-red-alert-3/#comment-26407 If the first authentication is all it's needed, I tend to agree on this being better than needing the disc in the tray all the times. I'd much prefer this approach to protection than the "disc in the tray" one. It reminds me of those good "install and forget" times of the early Nineties. If the first authentication is all it’s needed, I tend to agree on this being better than needing the disc in the tray all the times. I’d much prefer this approach to protection than the “disc in the tray” one. It reminds me of those good “install and forget” times of the early Nineties.

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