• chloroken@lemmy.ml
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    20 hours ago

    How are you confident the binary you install from the developer doesn’t contain a malicious payload?

    The issue is not that pirated executables might contain malware, but that people don’t have a clue how to identify safe sources. As consumers we use corporate trust (reputable company). As pirates, we use social trust (scene, fitgirl, etc.) Neither method discovers malware.

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      17 hours ago

      I’ll trust a pirate giving me something for free over a company selling me something for free.