How likely is it to download malware with pirated movies?
How likely is it to download malware with pirated movies?
As in title. What's your experience with it? If something isn't executable, then it has to exploit vulnerability in order to run anything malicious. But does it happen often with mp4, mkv and other files like mp3 or epub?
I assume that if I use updated linux, then I'm mostly safe?
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I assume that if I use updated linux, then I'm mostly safe?
I don't know why Linux users think they're completely immune to malware. Yes it's very unlikely that something gains root access if you run it without super-user privileges, but that program can still access your home folder and look at all your private data.
It is very unlikely that someone is gonna bother creating malware for Linux unless it's a targeted attack
Eh. I only ever open pirated movie/video files from within a docker container (Plex server) running in a VM. I don't think I have much to worry about.
We don’t - but the risk is minuscule compared to windows. The actual chance of finding some working Linux malware in the wild is practically zero.
Oh no, it would be a shame if someone saw my naughty pictures.