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[-] RatherBeMTB@sh.itjust.works 27 points 6 months ago

I don't trust them since the rootkit they installed, without my consent, on my computer when playing a music CD decades ago!

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago

Damn I didn't know about that one.

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It goes really deep, worth the read.

They offered a tool to remove the rootkit that just silently installed another one.

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Now that's just filthy

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