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Why must a protection technology be as transparent to the legitimate end user as possible?

a.

To prevent users from illegally distributing a program

b.

To annoy legitimate users

c.

To protect the software from being cracked

d.

None of the above

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Answer: (d).None of the above Explanation:A protection technology must be as transparent to the legitimate end user as possible because one does not want antipiracy features to annoy legitimate users.

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