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vacri on July 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: How I converted a software thief into a customer

It may also have had an 'oh my god, I've been caught!' effect - no longer is the user anonymous, in their own eyes.

raverbashing on July 18, 2012 [–]

Yes

I expected "something nicer" maybe not using the word "stealing"

Still, my paranoid side thought of something:

"Oh, they're giving away this code so we give them our contact info, then they know who pirated the software"

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