Im posting this here, for obvious reasons, so people other than myself can read it and draw their own conclusions ( on use/effect of the "dongle" code).
( PS: redrumloa, I know you read this site quite a bit, you may take note of the fact that I asked the question again and again in that same thread and just got a "personal" response back and now stonewalling - hence I am asking for a second opinion. )
(edit) Amusingly the controversy on the thread has been deleted. I think we all know why.