Unverified trials...

Hi Wyatt,

I've reviewed your article on "verified" vs "unverified" trials and have a couple of questions. I understand that verified trials are more secure and essentially give you the same protection as a licence key in terms of usage. I am interested in having an unverified trial as a "taster" for potential users as unless there is a way of generating verified trial keys automatically I don't think I will be able to use verified trials.

In your text you say that the unverified trial can be reset by deleting some files. If this is so, surely an unscrupulous user can just delete whatever these files are and reset the trial each time it expires? Does this not then give them unlimited use? Have I missed something here?

If this is so, do I need to put in extra code around a "TurboActivate.IsActivated" call into the app that limits functionality "just in case"? I would prefer not to do this if I can avoid it.

What is your recommended mechanism to make unverified trials as secure as possible?

Mark

If this is so, surely an unscrupulous user can just delete whatever these files are and reset the trial each time it expires?

Correct. That's true for all unverified trials. And since most apps in the world use unverified trials, this is true for them as well.

If this is so, do I need to put in extra code around a "TurboActivate.IsActivated" call into the app that limits functionality "just in case"?

You'll need to use verified trials if you don't want to use unverified trials.

In about 2 months we'll have an improved verified trials (making it easy to use as the unverified trials in TurboActivate).

What is your recommended mechanism to make unverified trials as secure as possible?

You can't make them secure -- that's the nature of unverified trials (whether you use ours, build it yourself, or use our competitors products). That's why you should use verified trials.

Can you announce updates via email? I would be interested in improved verified trials.

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