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[RickMaddy]

FYI - When I put out the latest update to Palettes recently I updated my crack checking code to simply launch Safari sending the user to a special page on my website pointing out the benefits of trying my Lite version instead of stealing my paid version.

I just checked my web logs and sure enough I have a few hits to the page. The page has no links to it except from the app.

I perform three separate checks to determine if my app is hacked so if one is worked around the others will still work. The three different tests are well documented on the web.

This tells me something interesting that came up earlier in this thread. Someone cracked my app and posted it for others without testing it first. Idiots they are. My app doesn't show a single screen. Immediately upon launch it exits by launching Safari.

Now I can't know whether a good hacker eliminated these checks and put out a cracked copy that works fine. But I do know that some hacker(s) didn't use their tiny little brain at all and put out a version that can't be used.