Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years

After 21 years, the Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked, allowing users to enjoy the beauty of the green hills forever.

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PickUseful8048

I’ve even this in my feed a few times today… can someone explain what this means? In layman’s terms lol

ill_eat_your_pussy

US military watch out

jeffyoulose

Bill Gates is probably spinning in his grave. RIP.

CoastingUphill

I still remember my employer’s sitewide license code for XP.

PMzyox

Didn’t the keygen for xp get released even before the operating system?

Ozzie-Isaac

I don’t get it I remember pirating xp just fine back in the day. Can someone explain the difference?

CassandraVindicated

Nice! I still have 98SE and XP boxes up and running. Limited use, obviously, but I still have all those old games.

ZIdeaMachine

I kinda want a ELI5 for why this is dangerous for existing systems that use XP.

CapriColt

Go make the eli5 post for this

ThunderPigGaming

I would use it on an intranet just for fun. and to troll visitors to the office.

TrollBot007

Turns out this is actually just the Windows 11 fix.

jghaines

“Why bother?” you say

JTown_lol

Aaaannnnndddd there’s virus.

ripsfo

Drove by [this spot]comment image) the other day. Grape orchard now.

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