A new report investigates the cybersecurity risks consumers face when using digital piracy services in Southeast Asia. The findings clearly show that pirate sites are a bigger threat than legal streaming platforms, suggesting that countermeasures are warranted. However, does is also mean that pirates are 65 times more likely to be infected by malware? And is that even important?

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    8 days ago

    Instead of zero as a comparison base, the report uses a pseudo count of one, concluding that the risk is 65 times higher

    How delightfully nonsensical. I hope the authors were well-paid for their efforts.