Quote Originally Posted by arosta View Post
I think the new rule from companys which are making soft for lockies are some kind of fighting with car thiefs. Mayby they get letters from EU about making online in key coding to see where the stolen car is or who made key for it. I know that profits from subscribcions are more stable for compannies but it starts from when they cought many thiefs using (dont remember the tool from France - ICO?) and they had all vin numbers which was stolen and info about buyers of that tools.
It all comes down to copy protection, enforcing an online calculation to use the software/decrypt data ensures the user is using a legitimate version of the tool(or lock out a stolen one in your example). Car theft with locksmith tools is still a very small area from what I know which surprises me given the popularity of keyless cars and the ease of use of some modern tooling. In the end the tool companies are all in the business for the money as we all are as well an they have to protect their investment in the software we use to make our money.

Doesn't mean I approve of it though, online checks for everything is exceedingly annoying in this industry as we often work out of signal. They all keep logs of everything you do nowadays but I don't think this is for theft prevention, maybe if they're questioned by authorities but it's not the primary purpose of the move to online everything.