An OPSEC community would probably say no, so I probably don't need to ask in those communities. But I'm curious about a (digital) pirate's perspective on this issue...

I mean, the sources listed here are supposedly "safe" right? But honestly, how much would you trust these "safe" sources?

When doing sensitive tasks like banking or filing taxes, do you:

Use a different OS on the same machine? (Dualboot)
Or put the pirated content inside a virtual machine?
Or just use a completely separate computer?

And since PC is much different than a Smartphone:

Would the extra sandboxing on Smartphones make pirating games on a Smartphone much safer compared to on a PC? (Not that there are much mobile games worth playing, just curious)

(PC in this context referring to all personal computers, regardless of OS)

And last question:

Non-installed/non-executable files such as .mp4 .mkv .mp3 .pdf .epub, are mostly safe right? I mean, you are using another program to opening it, not executing a file, there aren't much attack vectors as long as the video player / ebook viewer is up to date right? (Or am I understanding it wrong?)

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Seems like most pirated software does a good job of trying to cut software off from internet communication so that it doesn't get sniffed out on an add-on or update query. I don't trust most software companies anymore as far as security goes either. So the short answer is at least personally, after scanning everything before and after installation and check network monitor for anything that looks weird while running, yes I consider my system secure still.

Curious what "safe" list you are referring to?

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago

Curious what “safe” list you are referring to?

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