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Safest way to run pirated games? (lemmy.getmeotter.work)

submitted 1 year ago by biscoot@lemmy.getmeotter.work to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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What's best practice to safely play pirated games on Linux? Looking to mitigate potentially malicious executables from wrecking havoc on my system.

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[-] voxelastronaut@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Get your games from trusted sources, make sure the hash lines up, and don't worry about it. Especially since you're on Linux--you'll be absolutely fine. Common sense goes a long way.

[-] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

If you're really paranoid, you could run the game inside bubblewrap, inside a container.

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

lmao literally my setup + a VM layer on top of it all.

Maybe im too paranoid

[-] Rez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Not an expert, but I assume Bottles would be a good idea. It allows you to create separate wine prefixes for each app so if any app is malicious, it shouldn't affect any other one.