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69 points mastazi | 1 comments | 26 Jun 25 00:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source

1. andrewoneone ◴[29 Jun 25 11:47 UTC] No.44412326[source]▶

Dell and HP did similar, albeit slightly more complicated, checks for windows licensing back in the 2000’s on their Windows installation media.

Abusing copyright strings to trick SW into thinking it's running competitor's PC