I do understand the need to fight piracy, but breaking into my house, plundering through my stuff, taking photocopies of my files/ID/passwod/etc, is not the right way to do this (in my book).

At least they were smart enough to make this AV-proof. One of my favorite lines is: "please disable your AV while XYZ application is installed". I do understand that some applications require access to files/registry keys/etc, but this means they've done a crappy work on building the thing, and they cut corners by asking us to compromise our security for their lack of due process. Random example [1].

[1]: https://www.taxslayerpro.com/kb/676/temporarily-disabling-a-...