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@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 2 years ago

What was the most illegal thing your workplace has done?

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What was the most illegal thing your workplace has done?

@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 2 years ago
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    Installed pirated versions of Windows on all employee and customer computers. We charged the customer for an os install and just used a cracker to activate it.

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      6•2 years ago

      Is there any way a customer could figure out they were running a cracked version?

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        when their entire system inevitably gets hacked from a backdoor

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          Been running cracked Windows for about 23 years now. Where the h4x0r5 at?

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            Then you’re just dumb and probably wouldn’t know if you were infected lol

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              If you knew more about how the crack worked you know how small the vector is. That would leave it extremely unlikely that not one person that using the same crack would noticed if they got hacked.

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              Or you just have no idea what the fuck you’re talking about. I work in tech. What do you do for a living?

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                Then you should probably be fired if you think having a criminal have unfettered ring 0 access to your computer is a sane thing to do.

                Not like anything has bad happened because of this.

                https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/pirated-windows-os-cryptominer-and/

                https://news.drweb.com/show/?i=14712&lng=en

                https://www.engadget.com/2017-05-15-pirated-windows-china-russia-wannacry.html

                You literally have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m definitely not going to tell some random person my day job.

                A genuine windows key is like $20. Don’t be stupid.

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                  removed by mod

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                    Lol what. Would like a single source saying how safe cracked windows is, or you know, actual reasoning why you think so. What kind of pro can’t afford a windows key. You’re legitimately a child.

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            5•2 years ago

            Challenge accepted

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        Depending on how it was cracked, maybe.

        One of the more recent cracks would be autoKMS which would emulate having a key management server and redirecting all activation requests to itself. You could see that service running and the associated files.

        If they are using stolen MAK keys, it’s unlikely.

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      An everyday job in any 3rd world country

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        yeah if you replace “3rd world” with “and every”

        • kratoz29
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          Yeah, but are you still rocking Windows XP and Vista everywhere? That is very 3rd world country 😂

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            manufacturing workstations have entered the chat

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            When was the type of windows declared? Also you might not want to look under the hood in most banks in north America…

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              It’s just my way to say, we can do worse here, (I saw Window Vista in the wild some weeks ago BTW).

              • @[email protected]
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                Oh yeah, it is still out there. I think it was 2 years ago I saw a machine using 2k, that was wild. But then again, it worked.

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              And I bet it was cracked windows too.

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