moe90@feddit.nl to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 23 days agoAn advice from Grandmafeddit.nlimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 days agoTbh I feel like downloading anime in any form is an unnecesary security risk. Theres websites that host it for free and adblockers that make them squeaky clean to visit.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoThat is the most incorrect tech take I’ve heard in a very long time. Downloading MKVs and AVIs is infinitely more safe than janky ass streaming sites EVEN WITH ADBLOCKING
minus-squarebrb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoThose website are more of a risk than torrents
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoPretty easy to identify, quarantine, and repair threats from a browser compared to downloads.
minus-squareblack0ut@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 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-up0arrow-down1·22 days agoOh no! I accidentally left location services on and now they’ve bricked my computer with ransomware! /sarcasm
Tbh I feel like downloading anime in any form is an unnecesary security risk. Theres websites that host it for free and adblockers that make them squeaky clean to visit.
That is the most incorrect tech take I’ve heard in a very long time.
Downloading MKVs and AVIs is infinitely more safe than janky ass streaming sites EVEN WITH ADBLOCKING
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