[hambil]

I think we should hook into the hack database like Windows does for updates. A single product could be written that acts a lot like Windows Automatic Update. The user could select "automatically update" or just get notifications when they log into their board, and click on the manual update button.

The product would check what other products and plugins they have installed, and report back to the hack database to check for updates and manage install counts.

The benifit to the user would be automatic security updates and hack updates. The benifit to the coder would be an accurate install count.

It could work over https and be as secure as we can make it. Only people who install the product would be reporting to the hack database, so it's completely opt-in.