Prevent Jailbrake / App Pirating

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Hi guys,

I noticed high level of Pirating in one of my games on the iOS store, mostly all these are coming from Asia-China. Both on iOS and Android devices, maybe I expected this in a way and no way to prevent it.
Currently I think Unity and Unity 5 have no options or features to help keep developers apps in safer state.

If you wondering how I know this, basically Flurry plugin is installed in the application and the sales no way meet the unique user stats.

Not sure how the big studios deal with this but I think if there was a addon or some security then maybe it will at least bring the numbers down.

I know that we cannot stop it fully but I think one developer did make a non Unity plugin where it checks users phone for Jailbroken app and notifies the user they using a cracked app etc.

Any links and ideas would be most useful.

Thank you.

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I think you can check if app is pirated using Application.genuine. Even if that doesn’t work you can add a check yourself. Also, you can’t really fight piracy, so after you detect that app is pirated, your best bet is probably to show ads or figure out other ways how to monetize on them. In app purchases is another way to deal with it.

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