SimCity mod demonstrates the possibility of offline play

Re:SimCity mod demonstrates the possibility of offline play by MichaelGG on Thursday March 14, 2013 @04:18PM (#5377443)

I doubt it'll stop any piracy, at all, versus say, an activation check like other games. People willing to install a crack will install a crack.

Also, TPB has trusted uploaders, so you can be reasonably sure you aren't installing malware. I'd wager many of the cracking groups have a higher reputation than EA.

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Re:SimCity mod demonstrates the possibility of offline play by sirclueless on Thursday March 14, 2013 @05:22PM (#5377744)

The question is whether hard-coding a trusted CA will reduce piracy in the case that someone reverse engineers the server code.

If you will install a crack, you will install a crack, no questions there. But if don't hard-code a CA then people who might otherwise be hesitant to pirate because it involves a crack program would be perfectly happy to follow a couple steps they find in a blog post.

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