Lots of starforce questions

[pixiesoft]

1.How Come SF only seems to be on game CDs/DVDs and not on utilities?

2.Whats making SF so hard to crack?

3.What is the latest SF version?

4.I have read that a cracking group has nearly come up with a hardware solution to SF that will be plugged into a USB port (im not talking about USB Roms either) is this true?

5.Is starforce likely to be implemented into Windows Vista?

6.Who created the Starforce Protection and is there a bounty on there heads?

[Muji-FightR]

1. its a protection system for games, so you won't find it on programs
2. dunno, i'm not the cracker/reverser whatever... i think mainly the hard encryption
3. 3.7 if im not wrong
4. ???
5. naw, never heard about it ?!
6. http://www.star-force.com, try getting some info there

[lionhead1]

2. Starforce detects a special code that comes along every Disc. An Illegal copied disc's code is scrambled and so Starforce sees its an invalid Disc.
(what i don't get is how the Game companies copies the CD's themselves)

4. Yes.

6. a Bounty? You mean a bounty given by Hackers ?