Daniel J. Gonzalez posted:H1000 posted:Easy, once someone pays the $25. the WIU features are unlocked physically in the unit itself, not the phone. Once that takes place any phone that connects to said WIU will have all the features unlocked. Its possible but as you can see, cuts the money flow.
Easier said than done... People much smarter than you and I most likely thought of this and moved on. I'll differ to GRJ's tag line: Nothing is so easy as the job you imagine someone else doing.
$25 disposable tablet - connect to the internet for 5 minutes to download the app from a gmail account (specifically made for buying and downloading the app only) with the unlock. Disconnect from the internet and connect to the WIU directly which doesn't have internet access. That tablet will only see internet again for brief periods when the app needs to be updated. I doubt your whole life will be completely hacked in those brief periods of time from a device that is connected to a home internet connection you can trust.
My $25 tablets do not have any info on them other than the one gmail account with the app unlocked. Nothing worth stealing or hacking, not even credit card info. They were bought for one purpose, running my train apps.
Look my friend, you asked me for a solution and I delivered. When I said "Easy" I meant it was easy to give you a response, not that implementing it would be easy. The WIU is nothing more than a WiFi hotspot. It even has an web interface, MTH can include a "License area" which when a purchase is made, fills in a code in the setting that unlocks the features, this isn't rocket science, literally just a license key or file. If it works for Windows, I think licensing can work for MTH.
If you think someone needs more than 5 min. to take your CC# you have been living under a rock my friend. Like I mentioned, your CC number is usually synced with your google account. Your $25 tablet is just the easy way into your account. I am not trying to turn anyone away from the $25 tablet, just showing you how exposing yourself in a digital world, even for 5 min. is enough exposure to possibly cause issues. Where is that security flaw in the TIU's remote?
You trusted google with your Credit Card Number!!! Yesh...
I went to Walmart an bought a prepaid Google app card, and applied to the account long before I even bought my cheapo tablets. Again what are they going to steal? A depleted google app balance of $0.01? Maybe they send spam to account I don't use... gmail accounts are disposable, make one (or hundreds) for disposable purposes and keep one secure for your real life.
I don't think MTH wanted to invent their own licensing scheme when Google & Apple both have ways of implementing the very feature they wanted. This is MTH, not Micro$oft and they don't have the technical (or most likely the financial) resources to implement a licensing feature in this fashion. Look at how long and how much MS has spent doing so and it still doesn't work perfectly.
