Reported PM by Emperor_Nero

Emperor Nero · Feb 8, 2012

Emperor_Nero has reported a private message.

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Admitted to black hat activities.
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Private Message (Sender: WebGuru) (ID: 4542750)

Emperor_Nero said:

WebGuru said:

Emperor_Nero said:

WebGuru said:

I have simply found parsed linking in their system, spent hours on end trying to search for the program activation codes. Then I realized that people who purchase the programs get a code emailed to them through Corel.com's email auto responder. I got into their server and I made it so I recieve those emails directly. Therefore for the products I want someone else purchased the code for me type of deal.

You may think this is stealing from another person but I conducted a test for myself to see what it does. I bought PaintIt and was emailed the code. I used it on my other computer (the cracked one) and then I tried using it on the computer I purchased it on. Of course it said the code was invalid or already used.

So I emailed Corel Support and sent them my payment email and order number. They confirmed that I had not yet activated the product so they emailed a second code from a second email (One I have yet to crack). I used that one and I had the product I purchased.

As you can see the customers still recieve their products they purchased.

Corel explains how sometimes their code generation system has "bugs" and sometimes gives a code that had already been purchased and used before.

Hope that clears things up a bit.
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It's still illegal as it is fraud.
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Fraud is definitely illegal.

But seriously, is it really illegal? It's stealing their products sure, but they had to know that someone would have been smart enough to do it.
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It is blackhat activities that, as you explain it, are hacking.
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Yes. Merely blackhat activities. Conducting little experiments here and there testing certain servers out and discovering ways to improve the servers security by hacking through.

Is it wrong? Nope. Created programs are simply the mainstream. If you know of a way to aquire free product, why not share? That is all I am thinking. But hey, maybe your right.
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Clashfan · Feb 8, 2012

I'm not going to ban him for that, same as I wouldn't ban someone for torrenting the software.

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