| I think this is illegal...noone has the right to tresspass and load or take info from my PC...unless this is said in the Terms of Services or Disclaimer during install then i do not agree to this SD handling, although i do understand the reasons, still think is malpractise... |
Cyberworld....apart from the initial 'product activation' [just like XP] there IS no need for WB to contact ANYONE at all.
The 'checking' referred-to is coded within the program....if it found an 'issue' [read 'crack'] it would have ceased functioning whether the system was online or not.
Nothing in the program or its EULA, etc is illegal, nor is there any 'tresspass', or malpractise.
To suggest otherwise is to potentially invite a certain amount of legal 'grief' for unsubstantiated assertion/s....
If, for example...a program was date-aware [as most are] it is a simple process to trigger a program integrity check....[crc] and if it's found to be 'altered' then the proggy can be set to exit....or pop up a warning, eg..."CRC failed....system altered...contact support for solution"
Now, if the alteration was clumsy....it's quite probable that the 'ideal' exit sequence may also be 'damaged', leading to a 'broken' install...and system errors.
From the number of 'irate' crack users coming here it's clear that the crack was crap...some pea-brain got it wrong...and SHOULD be quietly having his nostrils slit as a thankyou....
But...
Instead they come here blaming Stardock for all kinds of nefarious deeds...[they were also on the grassy knoll....].
These CHILDREN need to go to school and get learned a bit...because even this whole bunch that turned up couldn't make a gestalt between them....
