The Art of Cracking Software

Since software was created, crackers were on the prow.
This video approaches the history and art of cracking software. To do that we start at the beginning, the creation, and we bring it up to nowadays.
Specifically, the video talks about cracking video games and copyright protection.
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#cracking #copyright #software

[@randominternetstranger334]

and remember kids: it's always morally correct to crack adobe products!

[@15_heidune72]

And Yamaha products

[@babooshka-it4cv]

yes sir 👍🏻

[@HannyDart]

Man i'm so glad i found this gem of a youtube-channel! reminds me of "the old" youtube, but in a veeery professional way! subbed and belled :) looking forward to more!

[@integza]

Uau! Thats probably the best compliment I got so far on youtube. Welcome aboard ! You will not be disapointed :D

[@Muxy8088]

R

[@Muxy8088]

I completley agree with the comment and could not have said it better myself! Thank you both!

[@kipchickensout]

Damn! That was summed up perfectly

[@moth.monster]

Funnily enough, I'm watching this from a pirated evil copy of Windows

[@integza]

::Irony Intensifies::

[@Squeezmo]

FCKG? (the first 4 of the code. That was the most popular XP).

[@explosivedude8295]

* Microsoft has entered the chat *

[@saumilsunilshah5663]

Pirated copy of linux ? Exist ?

[@erebostd]

eri who does this? A license is like 10 bucks or something last i checked.

[@tsbrownie]

The largest PC software company used to be Lotus of Lotus 1-2-3 fame. Their 123 was copied so much they spent a crazy, record-setting amount ($120M in 1988) to develop an unbreakable copy protection scheme. They used a laser (rare then) to burn a tiny spot on a 5.25" floppy software distribution disk, making the spot unwrite-able. When you inserted the disk, the first thing the software did was try to write to that spot, if it was able to it knew it was a fake copy and the program gave an error message and quit. It took 2 hackers that I know well, ahem, 30 minutes to disassemble the code, find the "if" condition and set it to always be false. Then infinite copies could be made from those disks. They did it only to do it and never made a copy, even for themselves.

[@wil7vin]

Or just use open source software since a lot o folk program stuff for fun to program

[@integza]

Nothing like open source :D

[@aidenb3069]

European man impersonates 20 other europeans

[@Atomy111]

And it isn't annoying at all /s

[@nanolfo_]

I only pirate software that are either way too expensive for what it offers/who it's targetting, or subscription based for no reason other than "we like money" or "you already payed 100€ for the software, but now you must ALSO pay 60€/month to actually use it".

[@Squeezmo]

Cool. I changed one op code on EA F15 Strike Eagle to make it run on a C64 instead of crash if a laser spot was not burned on the 5-1/4 disk. The errors damaged our disk drives so the Supremes decided we could change code to avoid damage. And our Hacker Club was born. I also had to bust a Basic program (Strip Poker)… which was easy cuz they shifted the basic marker codes to prevent listing the program. Same type of protection… a laser-burned spot on the disk that would not Read-Write, so an error code sent the head slamming into the hard stop which threw it out of alignment.

[@MrYabbie]

Walk down memory lane! this is the first youtube vid I have bothered sharing. good work sir!!!

[@isademigod8073]

I love the way you say “warez” like “Juarez” ahaha

[@Maxjoker98]

"Software protection" is fundamentally a broken: A "Software", in a way, is more like an idea. Once at least someone has the ability to run the software, your software protection is broken. That is because every CPU is deterministic(same input parameters produce the same result), and every "Software" is "transparent" and "modifiable"(You must always be able to see the instructions for the CPU, because the CPU has to. You can always modify the code, because the CPU will just attempt to execute every instruction it encounters, and you can feed it any sequence of instructions). Of course actual people have to do this with real tools, so there is "uncrackable" software in the sense that nobody bothered to crack it.

[@lxzee6073]

dude u forgot the " at the bottom

[@samiulislam1791]

MGS was so ahead of its time.

[@integza]

One of the first games I played on the PS1!

[@berkelek]

holy shit ı never expect this type of content you were makeing god damn

[@Peter_Scheen]

Back in the nineties when software was often still in diskettes my company had a disk with a software package and five licences on it. You could transfer one licence on the PC after install. Then there where four left. How did they count them? Well, at the start there where five bad sectors on the disk. No bad sectors on the hdd. After the install you had four bad sectors on the disk and one bad sector on the hdd. You could not simply copy the disk for it would stop the copy at the bad sectors. And of course, copying the files did not copy the bad sectors. At that moment I did not have a proper copy tool to copy the disk one sector at the time and I do not know if there was info in the bad sector or not. I wonder how easy it would be to copy it if I had looked into it deeper but that was not what I was to do, I think that I could have been fired if I pursued it any further.

[@trollgod6467]

Finally a video which actually explains everything perfectly liked and subbed :D

[@ernestopoisota9918]

Excellent video, very informative

[@mbnyc5401]

You forgot about the spiral track copy protection. I added that to several games I developed.

[@darthmoomoo]

I learned programming because of cracking .... back in the mid 2000s.

[@piotrmil]

Great video, I do hope you will produce more like those!

[@integza]

Thank you so much ! Do you mean on this theme or format ? I hope was enough to make you a subscriber on the channel :)

[@15743_Hertz]

There is one distinction that needs to be noted about all the pirated copies of Altair BASIC. At the time, the nerds all traded their software freely among themselves so the concept of "paid software" was a bit advanced for the time. Of course, with the Apple II, it did catch on, but there were still people who didn't like paying 40 to 60 bucks a pop for software. Also of note, some of the software really sucked, was buggy or had crappy support.

[@Si74l0rd]

Warez is pronounced "wares" as in software or warehouse. Though many people did pronounce it war-ez on the few occasions it was used as a word in the real world. Very accurate rendition of history though a little simplified. Not what I expected from Integza, but I appreciate the variety :) And thank you as always for the time and effort you put into making these videos.

[@05Matz]

Nice video. One thing: you missed another faction: those who take ethical or ideological offence to the increasingly-diabolical interference companies use to restrict disassembly, repair, interoperability with other products, and modification of their products by end-users or otherwise exercise control over their customers after sale. (Increasingly creeping into every facet of life as more and more products incorporate software into their functions. Everything is becoming an inkjet printer nowadays!) Hopefully in the future we'll be able to kill all DRM for good, someday far away... That looks unlikely to happen any time soon, though, what with increasing corporate control over public discourse and ever-more-serious regulatory capture and corruption issues in governments. In the mean time, buy lots of stuff from guaranteed DRM-free sources like GOG, speak up about its superiority, and try not to purchase anything with DRM or recommend it to others! That's what I live by.

[@sjoervanderploeg4340]

Usually making a keygenerator was as easy as reversing the operation on an input. With a disassembler you already have the instructions, just copy paste and break your brain going backwards!

[@moth.monster]

In the end, DRM isn't a good thing for sales, because people who would pirate your software probably can't afford it. If nobody wants to buy your software, it's too expensive. If only more games would come out on GoG nowadays.

[@integza]

That's a very good point! Just look at Solidworks, almost everyone learning has to pirate the software but when they get to companies they require that software so the companies buy it.

[@Alistair]

>people who would pirate your software probably can't afford it There's a difference between being able to afford something, and thinking it's worth that price

[@philippsteiner1987]

@@integza That's not true for Solid Works, at my student time you always had the opportunity to get a free student license with some drawbacks. But my Version was also cracked ;-) But back than Matlab didn't had a Student Version...

[@i208khonsu]

9:50 war-ehz =P It's just pronounced like wares, but with a z. It's elite for software. Put a z on the end and drop soft.

[@integza]

I pronounced it wrong? Oh geez, sorry about that. English in not my first language so sometimes that happens :D

[@i208khonsu]

I'm sure it's a common pronunciation of it. I know I used to say it the same way until someone pointed it out to me. :)

[@integza]

Thanks for the free advice ;) Hope you liked the video

[@i208khonsu]

I did! Thanks for the free entertainment!

[@energy-tunes]

this video feels like its from 2010

[@drumbass41]

Awesome video , keep up the good job! :)

[@vriyeitservices9001]

Great video man, hilarious.

[@integza]

Thanks, man ! Really appreciate it. Please, consider subscribing :)

[@adrianrubio408]

Great video! Thank you! very informative info. I was surprised you talked about Warez haha.

[@Miguel-LaAguilaAztlan]

Great video wow super important history in my opinion

[@Muxy8088]

Most excellent! 👍

[@shreya1100]

You gave some crazy piece of information

[@integza]

Glad I could be of help!

[@thanhvinhnguyento7069]

literal pirates' code- more of a guideline XD

[@horseradish_shadow]

Well. When there are RockStar that paid back cost of GTA 4 developing three times in first year and reduced price in 2 times only after 6 years, I don't have moral debts to not get that game for free. Informational product, that paid off 2 times, must become free.

[@Christian-cz9bu]

Make me reminisce of the days when FOZI had all the good stuff.

[@leftright4450]

Love you from your long time subscriber from Pakistan :)

[@AdilKhan-xw3ws]

The video:- The Art of Cracking software The Add:- Adobe softwares 💀 Lamo 😂😂😂

[@LuisArmandoJPerez]

This is gold.

[@mortezafarhangpanah256]

Great video Awesome

[@Zigurath100]

Aw... You forgot the dongles...

[@markwrightrf]

Abrigado :-) This must have taken hours to put together which is why it's broadcast TV quality.. keep on! :-)

[@integza]

Thank you so much Mark! That really helps.

[@simontay4851]

I enjoyed this video. Its very pythony, even has the black knight.

[@regulargamer1991]

don't forget to support the developer, hah good one!

[@naotamf1588]

I totally would support the actual developer but not the marketing or administration department of his employer nor any lazy shareholders, theier demands are just plainly abusive.

[@braisonorina3922]

refreshing video

[@jimbobbyrnes]

if something could be copied so easily then does that not make it valueless?

[@ahjsbkdjhavkcjhvac]

I love your content

[@slackhaus13]

You ignored the dial up bbs communities.

[@rudyardkipling4517]

Ha an Apple II, that is what I wrote my first program on

[@obrad509]

what is soo hard to understand here??!? just take the CD and crack it with your hands

[@perolan]

fyi warez is pronounced like "wears" not like juarez / war-es

[@integza]

Kyle Nehman Thanks for the corretion ! Thats my bad ... I feel embarassed now . English is not my first language sometimes I mess the pronounciation.

[@corneliaxaos2745]

Don't worry about it. You speak English better than I do any of my second languages and I imagine better than most others too. :P

[@simontay4851]

Im english and ive always pronounced it war-ehz. So ive been saying it wrong all this time.

[@aminebaccar1478]

Subbed, where're you from?

[@integza]

Amine Baccar Hi there ! I'm from Portugal.

[@simontay4851]

You sound russian.

[@Squeezmo]

The computer game of the time was Paranoia. (Trust the Computer. The Computer is your Friend)... and the dumb Zelda infocomms

[@LewdCustomer]

People used to proudly proclaim that they hated 😫 computers. Later on, the internet sounded like something no one really needed. A computer then, junk no one wants now, cost $4,000..

[@bluesillybeard]

I know... just program like Mel did and nobody will be able to understand what the heck your code is doing! Not even yourself!

[@newnixsantos3430]

Sir is it possible that the cracked who created the software is posible to hack or copy a data files like videos to the one who download the app with cracked cause im afraid im using recovery app with cracked lassweek and may own x videos was recover sucses now im afraid that it may be hack or copy to thier system who created the cracked is it posiible to hack sir?

[@OriginalTOEL]

You using a vegas pro 13 ?

[@vmen]

Zamunda?! Anyone?!

[@james10739]

So can i play black ops on the alter or not

[@arkoprovo1996]

Anarchism Ⓐ♥

[@vfxpro776]

Vfx pro

[@integza]

VFX PRO Are you telling me your name or complementing me ? xb

[@vfxpro776]

Integza my channel vfx pro

[@vfxpro776]

Integza How you got 1k subs 🤔

[@integza]

VFX PRO I have my channel since 2015 ... My sub count has been growing since then. Why ? Do you think I have too many ? XD

[@vfxpro776]

Integza No i stated 2018

[@bobbywright6062]

FPSRussia typa accent??

[@aussienature2360]

Please make a plane that flies using static electricity. Me and my daughter love your videos and we hate tomatoes also we don't have a 3D printer ; )

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