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Windows 10 Blocking Counterfeit Games ?
icrosoft's new unified services agreement is freaking people out because it contains language that says Microsoft can scan Windows 10 devices for pirated software and block it.
The clause can be found under section 7b, "Updates to the Services or Software, and Changes to These Terms." It reads:
We may automatically check your version of the software and download software updates or configuration changes, including those that prevent you from accessing the Services, playing counterfeit games, or using unauthorized hardware peripheral devices. You may also be required to update the software to continue using the Services
The clause would suggest that Microsoft will disable pirated first-party games. The EULA also mentions "unauthorized hardware peripheral devices," which is a much more fuzzy description. Is it controllers that have been specifically hacked to enable an unfair advantage, or something much broader?
The services agreement covers Windows 10, Windows Phone, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Published on 4 June 2015, the agreement came into force on 1 August.
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#5143567 Posted on: 08/18/2015 03:04 PM
Getting bloody tired of people reporting this and not researching it. NO IT CAN'T
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3hccs4/no-windows-10-cannot-remotely-remove-pirated-games/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3h5wwg/windows-10-disabling-pirated-software-not-so-fast/
You are right, of course...the language was trucked over from some inane xBox Eula crap...that's all it amounts to.
You know, all this "spying" stuff is such a gigantic mountain of BS. People can be such morons, apparently. They don't stop to reason out the insane improbabilities in their "Microsoft wants to spy on me," panic attacks. "OMG, Microsoft wants to know what I emailed my girlfriend and what I ordered on my last pizza! Help--SAVE ME from the wicked Spymasters!"
A generation or so back, people were unreasonably afraid of a "Red under every bed." Today, they've moved him from under the bed to inside their computer cases. Sad commentary on the sheep-like nature of humanity. Mob/herd instinct--like Lemmings they all go over the cliff together. Just pathetic, imo.
Getting bloody tired of people reporting this and not researching it. NO IT CAN'T
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3hccs4/no-windows-10-cannot-remotely-remove-pirated-games/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3h5wwg/windows-10-disabling-pirated-software-not-so-fast/
You are right, of course...the language was trucked over from some inane xBox Eula crap...that's all it amounts to.
You know, all this "spying" stuff is such a gigantic mountain of BS. People can be such morons, apparently. They don't stop to reason out the insane improbabilities in their "Microsoft wants to spy on me," panic attacks. "OMG, Microsoft wants to know what I emailed my girlfriend and what I ordered on my last pizza! Help--SAVE ME from the wicked Spymasters!"
A generation or so back, people were unreasonably afraid of a "Red under every bed." Today, they've moved him from under the bed to inside their computer cases. Sad commentary on the sheep-like nature of humanity. Mob/herd instinct--like Lemmings they all go over the cliff together. Just pathetic, imo.
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#5143570 Posted on: 08/18/2015 03:11 PM
Getting bloody tired of people reporting this and not researching it. NO IT CAN'T
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3hccs4/no-windows-10-cannot-remotely-remove-pirated-games/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3h5wwg/windows-10-disabling-pirated-software-not-so-fast/
Referencing the first link, the first comment posted was the first thing I thought myself:
"If Microsoft can't even determine between their legitimate and Pirated OS, how do people expect them to tell between Pirated and Purchased games."
MS is notoriously bad at preventing piracy. Like honestly it's a joke considering how bad they are at prevent it. I remember how they touted Windows 7 as being the most unhackable Windows ever, yet before its release day people already released pirated copies.
All that being said - even if this is all just misinformation, there's nothing to worry about, because MS can't do a damn thing to stop pirates.
Getting bloody tired of people reporting this and not researching it. NO IT CAN'T
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3hccs4/no-windows-10-cannot-remotely-remove-pirated-games/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3h5wwg/windows-10-disabling-pirated-software-not-so-fast/
Referencing the first link, the first comment posted was the first thing I thought myself:
"If Microsoft can't even determine between their legitimate and Pirated OS, how do people expect them to tell between Pirated and Purchased games."
MS is notoriously bad at preventing piracy. Like honestly it's a joke considering how bad they are at prevent it. I remember how they touted Windows 7 as being the most unhackable Windows ever, yet before its release day people already released pirated copies.
All that being said - even if this is all just misinformation, there's nothing to worry about, because MS can't do a damn thing to stop pirates.
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#5143573 Posted on: 08/18/2015 03:15 PM
It's not MS who are bad at anti-piracy, it's worldwide, there are only a handful of programs/games that are impossible to crack (thus far) and half of them are because the groups who do the cracking, don't see the point in wasting their time cracking rubbish
It's not MS who are bad at anti-piracy, it's worldwide, there are only a handful of programs/games that are impossible to crack (thus far) and half of them are because the groups who do the cracking, don't see the point in wasting their time cracking rubbish
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#5143592 Posted on: 08/18/2015 04:21 PM
Yes it can after all you cant disable the disable button that stays enabled when looking disabled in the home version. Then bypass the host file if you really want to try and block it phoning home because they have hard coded DNS written into it. Then on top of that they have even gone to the expense of making a pop up error to make you think it's not working. Just do a packet sniff AFTEr everything is supposedly disabled. Quite frightening really.
Microsoft havent changed at all. New CEO same old Sh1t Hey but at least you are locked in by DX12 right? Makes it all worthwhile
Your comment makes no sense at all.
Not one single bit.
Yes it can after all you cant disable the disable button that stays enabled when looking disabled in the home version. Then bypass the host file if you really want to try and block it phoning home because they have hard coded DNS written into it. Then on top of that they have even gone to the expense of making a pop up error to make you think it's not working. Just do a packet sniff AFTEr everything is supposedly disabled. Quite frightening really.
Microsoft havent changed at all. New CEO same old Sh1t Hey but at least you are locked in by DX12 right? Makes it all worthwhile
Your comment makes no sense at all.
Not one single bit.
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Getting bloody tired of people reporting this and not researching it. NO IT CAN'T
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3hccs4/no-windows-10-cannot-remotely-remove-pirated-games/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3h5wwg/windows-10-disabling-pirated-software-not-so-fast/
Yes it can after all you cant disable the disable button that stays enabled when looking disabled in the home version. Then bypass the host file if you really want to try and block it phoning home because they have hard coded DNS written into it. Then on top of that they have even gone to the expense of making a pop up error to make you think it's not working. Just do a packet sniff AFTEr everything is supposedly disabled. Quite frightening really.
Microsoft havent changed at all. New CEO same old Sh1t Hey but at least you are locked in by DX12 right? Makes it all worthwhile