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Software vendors can deliberately leak "pirated" copies of their programs to Russian torrent sites with backdoors and other malicious code added. That could be
by Fice 5y ago
Software vendors can deliberately leak "pirated" copies of their programs to Russian torrent sites with backdoors and other malicious code added. That could be an effective countermeasure.
- croes 5y agoHow do you prevent that they don't spread to other non russian torrents?
- Fice 5y agoYou don't. That's a way to punish all users of pirated software.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoThats still a crime. You can't rob someones house even if they they are a burgler.
- Fice 5y agoCan a vendor be held responsible for anything an unauthorized pirated copy of their software does?
- eurasiantiger 5y agoCan a car manufacturer be held responsible for built-in features designed to maim or kill unauthorised users?
- croes 5y agoIf he put the malware in, yes.
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoAre you aware that torret tracker sites are heavily invested in uploader reputation? It doesn't matter if you create a new user to upload a torrent with a backdoor. Nobody is going to download it because it's coming from an untrusted uploader.