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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Spotify Has A Pirated Software Problem

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Spotify Has A Pirated Software Problem

www.404media.co

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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Playlists and "podcast" episode descriptions are hiding malware and piracy sites in plain sight on the streaming platform.

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People are using Spotify playlist and podcast descriptions to distribute spam, malware, pirated software and cheat codes for video games

Cheat codes for video games??! DISGUSTING

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