Cheating Is Quick and Easy
Are backdoor programs, rootkits, and invasive scanners really necessary for piracy detection? When does such a countermeasure cross the line between legitimate copy protection and invasion of privacy?
Consider, for example, that Blizzard’s Warden scanning program is not really used for detecting pirates—it is really used to detect “cheaters.” Blizzard, of course, gets to define precisely what “cheating” entails—it is their game after all. Among other things, cheating in this case means any use of software automation tools to play the game.
Suppose, for example, that the game has three buttons (A, B, and C) and you are only allowed to click these manually yourself. If you were to install a software automation tool (such ...
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