[kaustyap]

There was a famous pool game with different formats (8-ball, 9-ball, snooker etc) in early 2000. The game-play was pretty realistic but it was demo version and it asked for 6 digit password to unlock all features. I just loaded the executable in editor and voila the only readable digits among the binary data was the password. It was pretty stupid of developers not to encrypt the password!

[ASalazarMX]

> It was pretty stupid of developers not to encrypt the password!

You are being very unfair to that era. Even cutting edge software like Norton Utilities did the same, although they XORed the passwords. That passed as encryption then.

[tinus_hn]

Not if the idea is to get money from honest customers only. Most people who try to get the full game for free aren’t going to pay anyway.