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What is a way to keep the main system as safe as possible aside from getting a completely separate computer for just pirated software? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Would installing an OS on an external ssd and booting into that to run pirated software while blocking access to other drives in your system or physically unplugging them be one way?

Or are there better ways to isolate the software you run and use as much as possible?

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know where you guys get your stuff but if you have reasons to be this causious I would suggest having your important stuff somewhere else instead of the other way arround.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It doesn't hurt to be cautious. Trusted sources have occasionally included malicious materials and blindsided users

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Of course you have. Even with genuine, non-pirated software. Have you heard about data mining?

A(n outbound) firewall is an absolute minimum.