Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by paulryanrogers 894 days ago
People who don't want to faff about with VPNs, BitTorrent, malware scanning, and the anxiety of never knowing if your gaming machine has been compromised or not.
1 comments

You need to be careful with executables, that's true, but

Signed GOG installer? That'll be fine.

File checksum matches known scene release? That'll be fine.

I've heard of more people getting infected via Steam than by torrent downloads recently (see: Slay the Spire on Christmas day).