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Old 02-04-2005   #47 (permalink)
pollushon
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Re: New Version of Alcohol is out.

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Originally Posted by tempnexus
one must bypass protections
One does not bypass any protections using Alcohol. If their hardware permits they replicate the protection, if the replication is not 100% Emulation via the application makes up the difference. Bypassing is what crackers do.
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Originally Posted by KitnaIsntHappy
The main reason is to make personal backups
Exactly. This is what the Alcohol team have said their application is for. To say things defamatory of this statement is just plain ignorant.(no pun)
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Originally Posted by tempnexus
It's like hackers protecting their code from being hacked.
Isnt that a contradiction in terms? Hackers use others code to their advantage they find faults and exploit them. Crackers reverse engineer and modify other peoples codes for exploitation.
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