@[email protected] to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 4 months agoAn advice from Grandmafeddit.nlmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1490
arrow-up1490imageAn advice from Grandmafeddit.nl@[email protected] to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•4 months agoThose website are more of a risk than torrents
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoPretty easy to identify, quarantine, and repair threats from a browser compared to downloads.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoWhen you’re connected to a webpage for 40+ minutes you’re being exposed to all kinds of info stealers, trackers, cryptominers, etc. If you just check what you’re downloading is an mkv, you are pretty much risk free.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoOh no! I accidentally left location services on and now they’ve bricked my computer with ransomware! /sarcasm
Those website are more of a risk than torrents
Pretty easy to identify, quarantine, and repair threats from a browser compared to downloads.
When you’re connected to a webpage for 40+ minutes you’re being exposed to all kinds of info stealers, trackers, cryptominers, etc.
If you just check what you’re downloading is an mkv, you are pretty much risk free.
Oh no! I accidentally left location services on and now they’ve bricked my computer with ransomware! /sarcasm