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Piracy is the use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works, without permission from the copyright holder, which is typically a publisher or other business representing or assigned by the work's creator.

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PiracyChecker fails to check whether the app is installed from Google Play Store

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 installed the app from the Google Play Store, yet they…
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Best way to distribute evaluation version of any software?

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 be run on machine without internet. Can anybody…
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Is it ok to check legality of installing paid android app by checking getInstallerPackageName?

To ensure that my paid android application was legally installed from store, I write this: String installer = getPackageManager().getInstallerPackageName( "com.example.myapp"); if (installer == null) { // app was illegally downloaded…
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Detecting pirated apps on iOS - vampires that incur server costs

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 People who pirate your app most likely wouldn't have bought it…
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Cannot resolve symbol "IPackageDeleteObserver"

I am trying to uninstall the piracy application. I don't have the following imports in my sdk . import android.app.PackageDeleteObserver; import android.content.pm.IPackageDeleteObserver; So i got the interface IPackageDeleteObserver from here…
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Fighting with OCR reverse engineering

I am referring to software based OCR ?Image to text engine conversion tools, stackoverflow has tons of posting on building OCR but I am looking opposite, like any guidance on how to protect my images from reverse engineering. For example i have…
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How to detect if the application being used by a user is mod apk or not

I have an Android application on Play Store and I want to detect if a user is using the original version of the app downloaded from play store or a mod apk from other sources.
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How can I prevent piracy of my Windows Phone 8.1 app?

I'll be releasing a paid-for Windows Phone 8.1 app soon and I want to ensure that users can't simply share the app to other phones. I've recently learned that it's easy to share my app on Android and iPhone, so now I have to implement copy…
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How to protect my API key in android app?

I'm developing an android app and using some of Google APIs which requires API key. I'm paying for the API. How to protect my Key from piracy?
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Anti piracy and app identification. iPhone SDK

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 methods to the server? It is mainly a losing battle…
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How does one protect a web application sold on a per license basis from piracy?

So yea, i'm planning on selling a web application i've made. I know i could never stop people from copying files and sharing them, but how would i go about placing pieces of code that could alert me of usage? I know someone motivated enough will…
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What to verify on launch to see if non-consumable in-app purchase was pirated

Suppose I have an app that does in-app purchase and verifies the receipt is good for a non-consumable purchase. On a purchase, the app writes to some storage such as NSUserDefaults that is essentially a BOOL that unlocks the extra content. Pirates…
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Is there a way to uniquely identify the website (or application) hosted in IIS?

Is there a way to uniquely identify the website (or application) hosted in IIS? For example, if I'm hosting a website to a customer in his/her server with limited license, I don't want him to copy the same site and host in the same server and…
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Is there any way to prevent people from making my web game available offline?

It's not the type of game that really need a server to operate. I'm using javascript and html5 right now, and I cant think of a way to prevent the game from being rip off. Using obsfucator is useless, the game would still work offline. Implementing…
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Unknown app version appears in Google Analytics data

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 Analytics data: I never release version 1.6.3, but I…
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