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My college sent warning email regarding pirated software use by students. (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago

How did they detect it? Did these people install the pirated software on devices owned and managed by the college, or did they use their personal devices and only connect to the network? Anyway, they definitely should have used a VPN.

[-] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

These softwares use your pc's network connections to send data to the servers which then checks whether you paid a license or not. When they can't use your internet connection, they also add personal information to any file you generate with the softwares such that if you send the file to someone else who has a license they will unknowingly rat on you through their connection.

[-] bc3114@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 months ago

When they can’t use your internet connection, they also add personal information to any file you generate with the softwares such that if you send the file to someone else who has a license they will unknowingly rat on you through their connection.

This sounds evil, possibly violating some EU laws too.

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