This story is an important development in piracy, but it also portends an increase in malware infections from more people seeking pirated content from any available source. There has always been and will always be a strong connection between pirated software, music, movies, etc. and malware droppers that turn systems into proxies or worse. And pirated products remain a major source of malware infections.
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/10/piracy-is-surging-again-because-streaming-execs-ignored-the-lessons-of-the-past/
Piracy Is Surging Again Because Streaming Execs Ignored The Lessons Of The Past
Back in 2019 we noted how the streaming sector risked driving consumers back to piracy if they didn’t heed the lessons of the past. We explored how the rush to raise rates, nickel-and-dime us…
I have a good friend who downloads pirated content all the time and we've had endless arguments about whether this is okay (esp. since he is very well off and does buy a lot of digital media). His response when I bring up the idea that a lot of the stuff from the file sharing networks is backdoored is that well he does all that on a machine that he doesn't use for anything else. But I'm like yeah, YOU might not be using it for anything else...
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