Questions tagged [product-key]
A series of characters distributed to licensees of software, used to prove to the software or server that one owns a valid license.
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A code protector claims that it "ensures it is physically impossible to run code without a serial number" is this a scam?
VMProtect Software (found at http://vmpsoft.com/) claims that it:
"allows the generation and verification of serial numbers. Both manual and automatic generation are supported. Serial numbers can be ...
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How can I generate short signatures?
I'm looking to create a licensing system, and I need a serial generation scheme. I want to sign some data with a private key and verify it with a public key embedded in the software.
I don't need ...
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Can product keys harm computer?
I downloaded Windows from Microsoft website. Then I type in (or paste) a product key that I bought from an unofficial seller to activate Windows. Can that lead to any security issues?
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Serial key in pdf document
I'm writting a ebook and I'm gonna to sell it soon.
I'd sell it at Google Play Store, but here in Brazil they don't accept PayPal as payment (and many brazilian don't have a credit card), so I think ...
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Protect a software in offline envirement
These days I intensively read maybe all posts and topics based on software security, but I couldn't find any solution that would be acceptable for me (if there are any of them matching my requirements)...
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Using someone else's product key [duplicate]
So I have this trial version of AIDA64 and it's almost over, it is asking me to buy it. I searched on the internet for a product key and found one that works. I didn't download anything for the ...