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

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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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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Safest possible way? Separate machine on a different network, like guest Wi-Fi.

Realistically? I use containers blocking Internet and most file access and only use sources I trust not Internet rando releases.

[-] stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago

Right, to elaborate run a packet capture and monitor the IPs your system connects to when installing and playing the game.

Never use a web browser with email or any other access to online accounts, clear all cookies after each browsing session.

I'd argue have a separate boot drive with absolutely nothing stored, nothing critical, no cookies, it's single use of getting the games and hell, probably even run a VPN while playing the games so no tracing back to ISP public IP.

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