Could someone potentially hack into your project files?

tastypants · Post by **tastypants** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:55 am

I have been using some websites to download stems off of, and for some reason I grew a concern for someone getting into my project files.

I'm not sure on how this would happen, but is it possible for someone to hack into my ableton and grab my projects?

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:44 am

They could steal your laptop, open it up, turn it on, connect a hard drive, launch Live, and then drag clips directly from your Live project to the external hard drive.

Da hand · Post by **Da hand** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:04 am

Yes, it's a fact of life. I keep my Live sessions locked up tight... and yet, they still get hacked into somehow...

Tagor · Post by **Tagor** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:20 am

my DAW is a strictly OFFLINE-Machine and it would take some action before getting
internet for it (activating hardwarecomponents and drivers) - and because i am often lazy - it stays that way until Waves-Updater
or some other stressfull authorisation thing concuss me to go for few seconds online with it...

stoersignal · Post by **stoersignal** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:44 pm

why should somebody want your project files?

Tagor · Post by **Tagor** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:17 pm

[quote="Da hand"]Yes, it's a fact of life. I keep my Live sessions locked up tight... and yet, they still get hacked into somehow...

how do you know ? are "they" selling it @loopmasters or just playing your tracks in the radio before you released them ?

infernal.machine · Post by **infernal.machine** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:49 pm

People will always be trying to hack your project files. The best defense is a good disguise.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:55 am

What I do is I hack into peoples machines after they have an amazing stoned late night jam. I carefully turn all their genius hard beatz into lumpen uninspired blerping. This is why all your songs sound so damn shitty the next day. My leet hacking skillz.

Da hand · Post by **Da hand** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:37 am

Tagor wrote:
Da hand wrote:Yes, it's a fact of life. I keep my Live sessions locked up tight... and yet, they still get hacked into somehow...

how do you know ? are "they" selling it @loopmasters or just playing your tracks in the radio before you released them ?

I was actually just joking around about that. Although my music does end up on sharing sites / servers all the time once I post my tracks online, I never had an actual project stolen. But I actually do the same thing as you with my production tower - it is always offline and streamlined specifically for music making.

koranek · Post by **koranek** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 4:32 am

I was also thinking who in the world would want to hack into a project file. But then again, who in the world would want to post 5000 Volvo or transvestite messages on the Ableton Forums.

Tagor · Post by **Tagor** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:00 am

Da hand wrote:
Tagor wrote:
Da hand wrote:Yes, it's a fact of life. I keep my Live sessions locked up tight... and yet, they still get hacked into somehow...

how do you know ? are "they" selling it @loopmasters or just playing your tracks in the radio before you released them ?

I was actually just joking around about that./quote] ^^<- me2

i did not know Madonnas Hung Up was written by you... that evil hacker-maiden..

Da hand · Post by **Da hand** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:22 am

Tagor wrote:I was actually just joking around about that./quote] ^^<- me2

Ahaha, oops sorry I missed that

Tagor wrote:i did not know Madonnas Hung Up was written by you... that evil hacker-maiden..

Totally! Imagine my surprise when I suddenly heard it play on the radio weeks before my release. Hence my offline work ethic these days. I even wrap my DAW tower in tinfoil...

Tagor · Post by **Tagor** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:51 am

i constructed tinfoil-caps for the push-knobs and make a million with them on epay.

have a nice day

TomViolenz · Post by **TomViolenz** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:52 am

Angstrom wrote:What I do is I hack into peoples machines after they have an amazing stoned late night jam. I carefully turn all their genius hard beatz into lumpen uninspired blerping. This is why all your songs sound so damn shitty the next day. My leet hacking skillz.

This explains soooo much!
I knew it

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