Microsoft: Pirates Beware, Everyone Else Pray
Straight from the Monkey Bites blog regarding Windows Vista Software Protection Platform: “Basically, Windows Software Protection Platform will be able to determine if your copy of Windows Vista is operating under a bogus or hacked license key. If the software detects a bogus key and thinks you’re cheating, you’ll be locked out. Not immediately and totally locked out, but you’ll first lose Windows performance enhancements and spyware/virus protection. If you continue to use Vista after that, you’ll eventually be forced to work in “reduced functionality mode.” The start menu and desktop icons disappear, and you are immediately logged out every 60 minutes.”
Great, considering the fact that Microsoft is already having trouble with “false positives” from their Windows Genuine Advantage, thus punishing paying customers, as well as stating that they are shipping all versions of Vista on a single DVD (just waiting to be hacked); none of this bodes particularly well for Microsoft in my opinion.
