I’m seeing thepiratebay org is discouraged because it has lots of viruses due to lack of moderation. I was wondering how could an mp4 or an mkv etc. could be harmful? Are people talking about executable stuff?

  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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    1 month ago

    mkv is just a container containing whatever files. Not sure but some could contain code

    Have a look at Dangerzone to strip code from tons of files. Videos not included afaik

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      1 month ago

      mkv is not a file archive format.

      It’s a media container format. Like mp4.

      Both can include [file] resources, but that’s different from a file archive having and extracting to files.