moe90 to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 21 days agoAn advice from Grandmafeddit.nlimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down120
arrow-up1501arrow-down1imageAn advice from Grandmafeddit.nlmoe90 to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squarebrb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·21 days agoThose website are more of a risk than torrents
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·21 days agoPretty easy to identify, quarantine, and repair threats from a browser compared to downloads.
minus-squareblack0ut@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·21 days 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-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·21 days 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