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misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Spotify Has A Pirated Software Problem

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Spotify Has A Pirated Software Problem

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misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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Playlists and "podcast" episode descriptions are hiding malware and piracy sites in plain sight on the streaming platform.
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  • Autonomous User@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Wrong, copying is a solution.

  • Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca
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    Lol, I love the inclusion of cheat codes like they’re as big of a concern as malware. Won’t someone think of the children?! I found my son playing GTA5 with bighead mode on *sobs uncontrollably*.

    This whole thing sounds like the “drugs in Halloween candy” scare, but this seems to actually be real. Neat.

    P.S. I don’t know if GTA5 actually has bighead mode.

    • Venator@lemmy.nz
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      They probably mean cheat trainers, as opposed to chat codes(extra software that alters the games memory while it’s running), which can often include other malware.

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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      I definitely remember bighead mode in NFL Blitz 2000 on the OG Playstation

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    I dunno. It’s not like the warez and stuff is IN Spotify.

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      … anymore. In the beginning you could even find scene release group names in the album titles.

      https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files-some-from-pirate-bay-170509/

      h/t @rasmusfleischer@mastodon.nu

      (although I do believe I am one of those persons who saw those filenames myself, but I mean … that was a looooooong time ago now)

      • MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world
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        Yup, I used to be in the scene and I’m a musician, had a bunch of my releases, both ones I couriered and albums I released on Spotify, names of songs with the same misspelling.

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    Problem for whom, certainly not for me

    • monk@lemmy.unboiled.info
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      Shareholders, who else?

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    Wow, is this an iPhone 6?

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      7, there’s no headphone jack.

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      deleted by creator

      • Bizzle@lemmy.world
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        Why not just get a magsafe compatible case for it?

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    People are using Spotify playlist and podcast descriptions to distribute spam, malware, pirated software and cheat codes for video games

    Cheat codes for video games??! DISGUSTING

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