iOS piracy won't end with Hackulous, Installous shutdown

When an application is pirated, developers often do not know how bad the damage is. The nature of mobile app piracy is that those who perpetuate it do so in a way that makes it particularly challenging to track and evaluate whether they are losing business or merely attracting interest from early adopters. This issue came to a head again earlier this month when Hackulous, a longtime hub for piracy within the iOS community, abruptly announced it was discontinuing operations. Further, Hackulous was not merely an online discussion forum but a service that included its own app, Installous, that could transfer cracked apps to devices running iOS. It also maintained Apptrackr, a Web-based index of cracked apps. Experts say there will be plenty of others to take its place. Special Report