I understand that sharing video, photos, documents etc. is relatively safe because the data is not executed in the processor as instructions. How come people are willing to download and install pirated software though? How can one be confident that it does not contain malicious addons? Are people just don’t know the risks? Or are there protection mechanisms that I am missing? I mean since the software is usually cracked there is not much use in comparing checksums with the originals, is it?

  • gwi1785@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    when you dl from any seller site do you know what you get regarding spy/mal/bloatware? for sure?

    i would not dl from usenet or a public tracker though.