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And it's rare to get malicious software from official binaries, right? You got less exposure to malware by avoiding Sony Music CD's and pirating them. https://

• newgre 6y ago
  Yes, it's rare. could you name other incidents where this happens? I feel like this is always brought up in these discussions, but it really only is an outlier. There'S not much to conclude from this.
  • snet0 6y ago
    Feels a bit like an exception proving the rule. If everyone is pointing to the same individual example that a rule doesn't hold, the rule probably holds for almost all cases.
• e2le 6y ago
  Here is another example of malicious software from official binaries. https://torrentfreak.com/flight-sim-company-embeds-malware-to-steal-pirates-passwords-180219/ https://torrentfreak.com/flight-sim-company-embeds-malware-t...
• selfhoster11 6y ago
  That incident is 15 years old. I think it's about time we stopped wheeling it out as an exhibit whenever this topic is mentioned. Executable code viruses are not such a big deal these days, when everything is based around web technologies anyway.