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The original was posted on /r/piracy by /u/Drainpipe35 on 2025-11-17 09:01:47+00:00.


I just revived a dead rarbg torrent that has been stuck at 90%. Spent days downloading the missing files from RapidGator (their free tier is way too limited sigh), but it was worth the hassle 🌱

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The original was posted on /r/piracy by /u/13430_ on 2025-11-16 14:21:12+00:00.


I'm not sure if i can drop links here & if it's against the rules, but for the sake of spreading awareness, avoid the following two "kdrama" streaming websites (these worked just fine previously, speaking from experience, but not anymore unfortunately.)

  1. kissasian(.)com(.)vc
  2. myasiantv(.)com(.)lv

(added the parentheses for safety purposes)

Here's what happened:

I visit the websites in hopes of finding a kdrama i'm looking for

I get met with the usual "cloudflare verification page"

But this time, for some reason it fails, twice, then provides me with a "troubleshooting" process, and a code box with some command for powershell, mind you, the code box isn't even allowing me to manually highlight it with my mouse and copy whatever was written. (red flag #1)

Screenshot:

https://preview.redd.it/8wsb81brnm1g1.png?width=994&format=png&auto=webp&s=cbd396f27bd967a0f142c6a9d434735e7d86ac7b

The only way to copy was to press that blue "Copy" button on the right side.

Being cautious, I opened a new tab and pasted whatever i just "copied", turns out it's this... long ass line of maliciously looking code (red flag #2).

*>*I'm not a coding or cyber security professional, so i ran that code through some ai for clarification, and it confirmed my suspicions.

I won't be pasting the copied line of malicious code here for obvious reasons.

This post serves as a warning to everyone else, hoping it'll get added to the unsafe-sites sections, maybe here and on fmhy; everyone stay safe out there and always stay cautious.

Mods, I kindly ask you to allow this post even if it's against the rules, if it could save even one person out there, then that's a win. Thank you.

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inb4"hurr durr why censor a swear!!!1!!1!!1!"

BRO I DIDNT MAKE IT, I OBVIOUSLY TOOK IT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA DONT INSULT ME SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

I'm on my PHONE I'm not gonna spend 5 years photoshopping a meme with a combined total of 28 pixels, call me lazy if you want because I AM.

if you want to see a swear so much then check this one out:

fuck you

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Original Title: Game Informer on Bluesky: "Coming this December: Game Informer will be available in major retailers – including Barnes & Noble, GameStop, WH Smith, Books-A-Million and more – in the US and internationally."

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I want to make Linux my main OS. I've used Windows for decades. Since Vista or 7, the Windows security model is this, from what I understand:

  1. unprivileged programs have limited/no ability to do scary things to your computer. they might be able to read some data, but it's not going to implant malware in the boot sequence for Windows.
  2. if a program wants escalation, it triggers a UAC popup and the user has to accept it. Remote programs cannot accept UAC on a physical person's behalf. Escalated programs have admin level control and can do the scary things.
  3. As with any OS, there may be privilege escalation vulnerabilities that escalate (1) into (2).

I've only had Windows malware a few times since Win7, and the entry point was fairly avoidable. (Running a sketchy EXE, and a possible drive-by malware install via an advertisement. I could never prove the latter.)

I have never run a password on my Windows machines.


On any system, physical access is game over.


On Linux, the password is paramount. I've tried to understand the security model and I keep failing. Synthesizing from arch wiki

SSH

Equivalent to local physical access as the user. If it's a sudoers or root account, it can do scary things. Not a threat if ssh is disabled or well secured (password or key pairs).

If a network has a well configured firewall (on the router), it should block ssh requests from outside the network unless the admin specifically wants SSH outside the network.

As with any OS, there may be bugs that allow remote access outside of SSH.

Local login / password prompts to physical users

Without a password, you can't escalate to root and install new software. Some software, often dealing with hardware (smartctl) requires sudo/root to run.

Encrypted drives

Passwords can decrypt drives if they are encrypted.

Keyrings

Some DEs (KDE) offer a 'keyring' that stores passwords. It's locked/encrypted with a password, usually the same as the login password.


So what am I missing? Is Windows + UAC + no password secure? What is Linux protecting us from by using passwords?

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This is the official list from the Game Awards site

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