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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!sherpa!david
- From: david@sherpa.uucp (Dave Quarles)
- Subject: Re: How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy?
- Organization: Personal System Computing :-) Gulfport, FL
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:09:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.140916.5695@sherpa.uucp>
- References: <12NJ03Ac615K00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
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- In article <12NJ03Ac615K00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston) writes:
- > tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel) writes:
-
- > } On a technical level, you can simply set the invisible bit with ResEdit.
- > } I don't know if the Control Panel will read invisible files, but it might
- > } work. However, DON'T DO THIS. It's not enough copy protection to be
-
- (rest omitted)
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- > I want to second this. Don't use invisible files. Consider what happens
- > if I try out your application, don't like it, and drag it into the trash.
- > But I've still got your invisible files taking up space on my disk. I'll
-
- (rest omitted)
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- I have another suggestion (2 actually)
-
- 1. PARTITION your drive and password the partition. Many people won't
- even know it is there or how to get around the password. My latest
- upgrade from Central Point Software's 'MacTools Deluxe 1.2 has a very
- slick partitioner.
-
- 2. Use a program like ' Secure ' from Central Point Software. They
- have a DA that does this very nicely and comes up when you click
- on the 'Secure'd file or document. It won't let you run the program
- without the password.
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dave =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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