Hacker News Reader

Controversial opinion: mr. Lundgren could tamper with disc content and ship any kind of malware with the OS to intercept sensible data. I'd never trust that kind of 'OEM' CD.

View on HN

This isn't controversial at all - a basic tenet of computer security is to to install your bits from trusted media. If the install media is a burned cd of a supposed windows ISO, it's not as trustworthy as the $25 replacement media shipped out by the original vendor.

Your opinion is completely invalid though, because Mr. Lundgren did not tamper with the disc contents to ship any malware of any kind.

You could go on a killing spree this afternoon - should we go ahead and lock you up now?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com