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[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you say enough batshit crazy stuff then sooner or later you're going to get something right by accident.

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] nowayhosay@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For anyone who's wondering, I saw within the first few hours there were comments mentioning the weird installer and malware fuckery. The account was VitaminX which I think has since been deleted EDIT THE ACCOUNT HAS NOT BEEN DELETED. Screenshots xposted from a different forum VitaminX user card

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[–] falseteefs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

bit of a stretch to say it's unsafe.

I guess I need to point out the tweet that OP posted was on about 1337 which is what I was on about not the BG3 download. the perfectly safe content far outweighs any bad content ( I have yet to see someone hide a miner in a movie for example)

[–] 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

it really isnt a stretch. as soon as the moderation team of the website doesnt care about, or even protects, the first malware infected torrent - none of the torrents can be trusted anymore.

i for one will not will not get torrents from 1337x anymore, unless I've been sent to a specific one from a trusted external source (like game repackers, who do host their torrents on 1337x from time to time). the risk is simply too high, and there are better sources for games and movies anyways,