He spent a frantic night scouring old forums and tech blogs. He found a community of people sharing tips on how to keep their "digital souls" alive. Finally, tucked away in a dusty corner of a 2012 message board, he found a string of alphanumeric characters posted by a user named

By 2016, the official SharePod website (sharepod.com) went offline. The last version, 4.0.1, was left in a half-working state. David Washington vanished from the internet, leaving no open-source release.

Before we dive into the registration code saga, let's look at why people still want this software.