Computer understands the language of binary numbers that is 1 and 0. Working on these 1's and 0's we have the whole web world and the various applications running on our computers. To make things more understandable to human reading various languages have been developed over times. To make things simple and fast various applications have been developed over the years by programmers and coders.
How does it feel when someone steals away the code or program that you have developed and sells it away as his own work. The economic damage is quite huge but the emotional damage if far big to be measured. Data security is the foremost priority for a coder as putting in years of experience and talent into a single code and later on loosing to a hacker or a crook who may trick you is quite devastating economically and emotionally.
There are various techniques available to prevent this kind of fraud. Server side execution of software and encryption are two of the methods extensively used. They have their own advantages and disadvantages. As they may require a specific hardware which may be a bit difficult for a novice programmer.
Various other techniques are available in the market which can be employed to protect your intellectual property. These techniques use various methods to frustrate the hacker or the fraudster. Either the hacker will have to invest a lot of time and money in cracking into your code or he will not be able to decode it in the format he wants it to be.
Employing the code security to protect the code would lead to increase in the revenue stream and a peace of mind for the programmer. Creating a high wall for the hacker would surely deter many a hackers from even trying to crack your code.
Data security is not only a cause of concern for freelance, small or novice programmers but it is on the priority of big software companies also. All countries have a law to protect the individual intellectual property and have rules and regulations to prevent piracy but still a major part of the revenue is lost due to these fraud activities. Thus its a long way to go before we have a fool proof program to protect the intellectual property.