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Unity Application.genuine: Detecting App Tampering

September 10, 2019Updated Feb 17, 2026

Application-genuine - Unity Scripting API

Application.genuine is a Unity-provided property for detecting piracy and tampering.

Rather than directly determining whether the installation is legitimate, it focuses on checking whether the executable has been modified after the build.

The return type is booltrue indicates a clean state, while false suggests potential tampering.

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