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Viruses & malware is the price of software piracy. If you don't have money to pay for the soft, you need to be ready to be infected with all possible consequenc
by varelaz 6y ago
Viruses & malware is the price of software piracy. If you don't have money to pay for the soft, you need to be ready to be infected with all possible consequences. It was obvious decades ago when piracy become a business. I understood piracy 10-15 years ago when price of the soft was too high for Russia comparing to US. Right now most everything is subscription based and you pay only if you get enough from it, and usually regional prices are pretty sane.
- mratsim 6y agoEven if you pay, software are packed jammed with telemetry that reports on every single thing you do (Windows 10, Amazon Alexa, Siri ...) under the pretext of "convenience" and "improving experience".
- varelaz 6y agoI'm not talking about free soft at all, it's completelly separate universe. If you choose paid soft: as for me, if you steal it you are at risk. Also you can always setup firewall and block certain type of requests. Sometimes you can even disable telemetry if that's supported.