Hacking discussion

[FreedomFighter7]

I've had someone tell me that all free software on the internet is flawed simply because it is free. Because it is free, it is easy for hackers to break and exploit.
I've played a number of free games, and every single one of them seems to have hackers in them. Is this true?

I've used a free anti virus and my computer got broken into.

So is free software, easily hackable because of this, or do the companies that make such free software just suck at making a secure game? I play one game, and its netcode is quite bad, nearly every game you join has at least someone with 800 ping. I just wonder if the company is terrible at security or if it can't be helped because it is free.

Honestly, how can a simple price tag of 20 bucks or so make the hacking entry barrier exist? Are these hackers all broke or something? Or are they all 11 year old one hit wonder sons of bitches and whores with nothing better to do than fuck with complete strangers?

[MetKiller Joe]

There are a lot more factors that go into the quality of a product than being free.

Ubuntu is free yet it has almost no malware associated with it. Why? Because it isn't as popular as Mac OSX and Windows.

The price of the product does not necessarily say anything about its quality; it can, but it doesn't have to.

In your case, you might just have to be more careful.

[Heathen]

How does the price effect its stability?

[=sw=warlord]

How does the price effect its stability?
idgi, is he really trying to say that because software like h2v is not that it's quality software?

[Limited]

Its like real life, if you pay 20 cents for a cheese burger, its probably going to be crap.

It depends how big the company is, I use AVG free, its great, does the job. If I was to use some random small company no one has ever heard of, and its free then that is more likely to have security issues.

Firefox, its free, its great, does it have security issues? It probably has less than IE. Yet IE you 'pay for'. So sometimes its the opposite, free is better.

[FreedomFighter7]

I'm saying that BECAUSE its free, its subject to easier hacking. Anyone can just download it and begin hacking. I'm asking if this is the case.

Price isn't affecting stability, the lack of a price required to get the software makes it flawed and subject to easier hacking.

[Limited]

I'm saying that BECAUSE its free, its subject to easier hacking. Anyone can just download it and begin hacking. I'm asking if this is the case.

Price isn't affecting stability, the lack of a price required to get the software makes it flawed and subject to easier hacking.
Your assuming, hackers pay for their programs...lol

[Cortexian]

Yea as Limited just said, you're assuming that hackers would pay for software instead of just pirating? If they're any good at hacking they could probably create their own cracks/keygens for the programs they want to "hack" if it's necessary.

[Reaper Man]

This thread is terrible, as is OP's logic. Just because software is free, doesn't mean it is open source. Thus the same amount of effort would have to be put into hacking free or paid-for software.