"Red Dead Redemption uses some obfuscation written by the same folks that sold previous obfuscation as 'Arxan'. The HWID-bound license probably plugs into the DRM such that it enables continued execution of the game code. This has become a feature of complex DRM."
"It also has a lot of custom checks that Rockstar wrote."
"That's it. There's no grand mystery, it's a classically challenging problem using new ways of writing frustrating-to-reverse bullshit."
"Red Dead Redemption uses some obfuscation written by the same folks that sold previous obfuscation as 'Arxan'. The HWID-bound license probably plugs into the DRM such that it enables continued execution of the game code. This has become a feature of complex DRM."
"It also has a lot of custom checks that Rockstar wrote."
"That's it. There's no grand mystery, it's a classically challenging problem using new ways of writing frustrating-to-reverse bullshit."
src: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/h0j17y/red_dead_red...