grumpy_cat ( Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club ) Banned from community to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 months agoGrandma we only use torrents for games, or to transfer things.thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1176
arrow-up1176imageGrandma we only use torrents for games, or to transfer things.thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat ( Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club ) Banned from community to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squareglibg10b ( glibg10b@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoThat’s like encoding malware in a picture and calling it dangerous
minus-squareCassa ( Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoyes? opening a picture with malware could infect your computer. It would be a combination attack, so the virus would either target the correct media player or several of em. here is a older vulnurability with vlc and avi file https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25801 it is absolutely far less risky than downloading programs that run code, but it’s not without any risk edit: windows programs also lets files call home. Script Command in windows media player f.ex 🤷
minus-squareglibg10b ( glibg10b@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoLike I said, no one’s wasting a 0-day on a lemming like you or me
That’s like encoding malware in a picture and calling it dangerous
yes? opening a picture with malware could infect your computer.
It would be a combination attack, so the virus would either target the correct media player or several of em.
here is a older vulnurability with vlc and avi file https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25801
it is absolutely far less risky than downloading programs that run code, but it’s not without any risk
edit: windows programs also lets files call home. Script Command in windows media player f.ex 🤷
Like I said, no one’s wasting a 0-day on a lemming like you or me