Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Yep, a company I worked at hired a tech writer that downloaded some cracked version of software that included ransomware on their first day of work because they said they didn't want to wait for the company to get them a legitimate copy.



Well, that used to be common practice... in the '90s.

Thank $deity for the rise of opensource.


OpenSource still isn't a force in that particular area. Its Microsoft or Adobe there.


Yeah, what I meant is that, these days, the culture is such that one assumes there will be an OSS tool somewhere, before one even considers a sketchy binary. Maybe the OSS option will be inferior, but it's almost guaranteed that it will get some stuff done and not nuke your machine. That's a significant improvement (of course we know that having a github repo is no guarantee and blablabla, but it correlates well enough for most purposes).




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: