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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think their idea is that if you know a specific repacker like an athletic woman, compared to downloading softwares that could be uploaded by any elitists trying to fuck with you.

In practice both are the same, but the reputation of the athletic woman makes her more trustworthy.

However outside of that specific repacker I actually agree with you, it's exactly the same lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. If there are reputable packers / crackers, why do they not uses GPG to sign the software? That way, no one can manipulate and reupload the software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Many do provide some form of checksum.