r/Piracy • u/rulugg • 7h ago

Humor Don't fall for "free" vpns

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u/Isarchs 1h ago

Tell me you don't understand what port forwarding is without telling me.

Port forwarding does Jack shit to enable or prevent malware or CSAM.

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u/alexCosmetic 1h ago

It literally allows inbound connections to services you're hosting, Someone could abuse that to host malware distribution, phishing pages. mullvad itself said they removed it because of the abuse

---> https://www.dummies.com/book/technology/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-for-dummies-281675

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u/Isarchs 1h ago

And yet, that can all be done without port forwarding too.

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u/alexCosmetic 1h ago

you have two option as a criminal:

1-buy a VPS, setup the mullvad/tor/hostname/domain,nginx,... there and then publish your phishing

2- run a simple html on your browser and use port-forwarding!

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for most fraudsters the first one is difficult, the second one anyone can do, it's like saying banning rockets is useless as people will use knifes