Filed under: Security, Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Require passwords to launch programs with Empathy
by Lee Mathews Dec 6th 2008 at 10:00AM
Users of XP Pro or Vista Business/Ultimate don't technically need to bother with a program like this. It's fairly easy to use secpol.msc to set up software restrictions on a PC. Empathy, however, will be easier to set up for the average user.
There's nothing to install - just extract the zip file to a folder and run the executable. Browse to the executable you want to protect and enter a password. The unregistered version is limited to a single character, which ought to work fine in a home environment. After all, most people will probably think it's a multi-character password, guess incorrectly, and give up after a few failed attempts.
Empathy is "postcardware," which I hadn't encountered yet. Developer Michal Strehovsky will gladly send you an unlock code, as long as you send him a picture postcard. Nice!
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kingabraham3 said 2:46PM on 12-06-2008
didn't work when i tried it, but i'm using windows 7 so maybe thats why....picture postcards?......creeeeeppy!
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angrykeyboarder said 3:49PM on 12-06-2008
You need to get out more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcardware
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Riley Freeman said 4:21PM on 12-06-2008
excellent program. if only they could make this for windows mobile. and include folders
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WolvenSpectre said 1:11AM on 12-07-2008
Postcardware is actually very old. Back in the days when Shareware meant either freeware, recompenceware, or donation ware. Shareware meant sharing OR paying a share of the expences for the making of the software(at which point it became free from then on).
There was another type called things like mementoware, giftware, kitchware and so on. The person who wrote it did it to help people and usually put extra effort in the final product, but wanted nothing more than some physical proff to show who and how many people actually use it. It is like a movie actor doing the odd stage play to get that live human feedback. It was usually suggested but often was required.
Postcardware was usually "find the most kitchy or touristy postcards for your location or the closest tourist attraction". They would collect them and display them as a trophy. The wierdest I ever heard of was a guy who had people make home made post cards of them in a halloween costume, but he would not accept a costume more than twice per sex. His program was so good people threw costume parties just to get it. He ended up with over 2 hundred thousand postcards. He laminated them and packed a pantry almost full.
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conor said 9:12AM on 12-07-2008
Beerware is my favorite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware
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Jash Sayani said 10:15AM on 12-07-2008
Anything similar for Mac...?
Need to password-protect Mail.app and AddressBook.app
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Dazzle said 11:08PM on 1-30-2009
yeah, i could do with something similar for OS X too. any Mac apps like this floating about?
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