Hi ! You may have been given the URL of this "low profile" page, because
you asked me a question relating to the anti-piracy mechanisms
within GPSS; or maybe you just followed the link out of curiosity :-)
These anti-piracy features protect the interests of my business
partners who
pay for use of GPSS, against those who use GPSS without permission for
remote tracking, or consumer in-car products.
I kept this page "tucked away" for the obvious reasons, such
as not wanting to give software pirates useful information,
and the need not to cause alarm to the many legal GPSS users.
This includes the "GPS enthusiast" running GPSS in the UNREGISTERED
state on his Laptop PC with a GPS directly connected, before he
contacts me for a key code - if he chooses to.
GPSS has been in use, including for remote tracking, since 1995,
and I do not know of any case yet where a legal user has fallen
foul of these mechanisms, intended to thwart those who choose
not to be honest with me. I find it useful to be vague as to what
exactly GPSS will do, since my "targets" tend to
assume the very worst - which suits me just fine :-)
You may have seen red warning text on the CHASE Page, such as this:
ANY REMOTE TRACKING MUST BE AFTER A BUSINESS QUIZ RESPONSE.
Remote tracking without the 1B9V key code is the obvious example.
Here are some examples, but not a complete list:
Again, this is not a complete list:
As I said earlier,
GPSS has been in use, including for remote tracking, since 1995,
and I do not know of any case yet where a legal user has fallen
foul of these mechanisms, intended to thwart those who choose
not to be honest with me.
YOU MAY NOT USE GPSS FOR DEMONSTRATION WITHOUT PERMISSION.
DO NOT TEST REMOTE TRACKING WITHOUT THE 1B9V KEY CODE.
UNAUTHORISED USE OF GPSS MAY DAMAGE YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
What is "Illegal Use" ?
Use for business, without permission from Robin, is another.
What Information can GPSS.EXE get ?
e.g. GPSS data, e-mail data, documents, other software installed on PC.
What might GPSS do with this information ?
GPSS may prefer to be "stealthy" and not inform you that you are at risk.
It may decide to wait some time (or GPS mileage) before displaying
to the end-user that this is an illegal copy of GPSS, and what the user should then do.
this might include anything of interest within the PC.
e.g. presence of other illegal software such as that from Microsoft.
e.g. data as evidence in a Court of Law.
Last, but not Least ...