My college sent warning email regarding pirated software use by students. - eviltoast
  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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    3 months ago

    I didn’t encounter a single program that bypassed the block applied by windows firewall control - after setup they usually don’t have the admin rights anymore to control it

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      3 months ago

      It’s pretty common for programs to add firewall rules for themselves during setup. If you rely on manually blocking them after the fact they could have called back home already