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Re: Security answer: Client code compiled into Software



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This solution screams for a product liability suit.

One possible scenario (of many): I get the code and inadvertently enter
it incorrectly (even twice!). The program then proceeds to teach me a
lesson by demolishing my trading account.

Allan
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Gerrit Jacobsen wrote:
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> Now, I suppose that the people who are using tradestation must rely
> 100% on the accuracy of the software. Otherwise there is no point
> using TS. And now imagine that Omega would sell you TS5 with disks
> and a code which they just tell you on the phone. But when you
> actually use a wrong code to get into the programm it won't tell you.
> It will just perform a few calculations wrongly when you do your
> studies. Wrongly in a very subtle way and only at random times. This
> would make it very hard to back-trace a mistake and to verify
> whether the code is right or wrong. If TS would be some
> wordprocessor you couldn't care less but .......
> 
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