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[–] _cerpin_taxt_ 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Or you just have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. I work in tech. What do you do for a living?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you should probably be fired if you think having a criminal have unfettered ring 0 access to your computer is a sane thing to do.

Not like anything has bad happened because of this.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/pirated-windows-os-cryptominer-and/

https://news.drweb.com/show/?i=14712&lng=en

https://www.engadget.com/2017-05-15-pirated-windows-china-russia-wannacry.html

You literally have no idea what you're talking about. I'm definitely not going to tell some random person my day job.

A genuine windows key is like $20. Don't be stupid.