Article 5RCZC How are product keys found for proprietary software, e.g an OS?

How are product keys found for proprietary software, e.g an OS?

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A friend told me he activated a windows 7 installation once just using a product key found online just by googling. How is this possible? i.e, surely there shouldn't be keys that can be used multiple times, and how are they found? Inspection of the DRM source code?latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA latest?i=kLv6dwkxpYg:Q8s14oP8bhQ:F7zBnMy latest?i=kLv6dwkxpYg:Q8s14oP8bhQ:V_sGLiP latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs latest?i=kLv6dwkxpYg:Q8s14oP8bhQ:gIN9vFwkLv6dwkxpYg
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