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Originally Posted by gonk
So, what's the consensus on this? Does this really prevent piracy, or is it just wasted effort? If it only slows down the pirates by a few minutes, what's the point?
Is it really true that all pirated apps have to have a "signer identity"?
More generally, do the pirates HAVE to modify the info.plist in some way to pirate the app?
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Any method of anti-piracy can be cracked, no matter how hard you try. But for smaller iPhone developers/companies, I believe piracy protection to be crucial. The majority of crackers are newbs when it comes to cracking, almost every cracker uses Crackulous or another cracking program that can be downloaded from Cydia. So by eliminating automated cracking attempts, you can easily cut down on the majority of cracking attempts, and by using some of the methods used in this tutorial, you can prevent even more of the would be crackers. But don't get me wrong, if a dedicated "Hacker" wants to crack your application you stand little chance of beating them at their own game. By being a smaller iPhone developer/company, and by using some basic anti-piracy code in your apps, chances are good that you won't have your application cracked which can save you some money. Good luck!
