• N0x0n@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Now that I know a bit more about security and obfuscation I rather not use any pirated games/software anymore. If they know how to crack/reverse engineer some complicated stuff, you can be sure they add some shady stuff in it.

    • silent cryptominer
    • info stealer
    • hidden DNS ads requests
    • trojan

    They need somehow a way to earn there living expanses ? It’s a service we think it’s free but nothing comes without a counterpart.

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      3 months ago

      That would earn them a percent of a percent of what they would through donations or running ads on their site. And they would be able to do it only once.