Using LD_PRELOAD to cheat, inject features and investigate programs

Re:Using LD_PRELOAD to cheat, inject features and investigat... by yonatan8070 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @12:37AM (#37442340)

There are cases where developers need to protect software from a local user with root access, like DRM related software, games that want to defend against pirates, etc.

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Re:Using LD_PRELOAD to cheat, inject features and investigat... by ronsor on Saturday September 09, 2023 @12:51AM (#37442398)

That's more of a want than a need.

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Re:Using LD_PRELOAD to cheat, inject features and investigat... by josephcsible on Saturday September 09, 2023 @01:16AM (#37442500)

Those use cases are inherently evil, and the rest of us should go out of our way to make them impossible, or at least as difficult as possible. A local user with root access should always have full control over everything, regardless of the wishes of any hardware manufacturers or software developers.

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Re:Using LD_PRELOAD to cheat, inject features and investigat... by saagarjha on Saturday September 09, 2023 @05:12PM (#37450335)

This would not help with that goal.

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