# PING Hackers and Torrenters: Win 10 can Disable your Pirated Software

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ping-hackers-and-torrenters-win-10-can-disable-your-pirated-software/728077>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 17, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ping-hackers-and-torrenters-win-10-can-disable-your-pirated-software/728077 "2015-08-17T14:59:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ping-hackers-and-torrenters-win-10-can-disable-your-pirated-software/728077/21 "2015-08-25T17:29:49Z")

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> [@madsircool](#):
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> Does it do any good to not log in to the Microsoft stuff?

You mean like Windows? Yeah, it would.

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**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ping-hackers-and-torrenters-win-10-can-disable-your-pirated-software/728077/22 "2015-08-25T18:02:05Z")

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> [@madsircool](#):
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> I should add: If a hacker got control of this software, might they not have complete and total access to our computers?

No more than any other exploited piece of software

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> Could this possibly be a worse idea?

Yes. Stop acting like this is the worst thing that has ever happened.

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