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How is pirating software a thing? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by alexg_k@discuss.tchncs.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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?

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[–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Make a dedicated user on your machine for pirated software. Never give that user root. Should contain it.

[–] Micromot@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Or a vm

[–] nestEggParrot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't most sw need admin to insgall anyways? How would that help prevent embedded malware?

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[–] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah checksums are useless. But if you know assembly, you could diff the original binary with the crack and look for anything malicious.

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