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blockland rebuilt
Unova2:
--- Quote from: Crook on July 22, 2023, 11:42:50 AM ---Also, it would be deranged to put this amount of effort into reverse-engineering with the ulterior motive of hacking people's computers, but stay on your toes...
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it would be deranged, but being malicious is a real thing and i personally don't want to use the software until i know somewhat what i'm getting into especially as they have the ability to make things open source but just don't
it's frustrating that this is even a discussion of any sort
Outland Predator:
The main concern with making Rebuilt open source is the fact that Blockland is still a paid product that is actively being sold.
Manchurro:
--- Quote from: Unova2 on July 22, 2023, 12:47:33 PM ---it would be deranged, but being malicious is a real thing and i personally don't want to use the software until i know somewhat what i'm getting into especially as they have the ability to make things open source but just don't
it's frustrating that this is even a discussion of any sort
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I guess you shouldn't download anything from the internet, and only the microsoft store. You need to be sure that all of your software is secure.
Manchurro:
And yes. Once Blockland R is open source we can finally know if its a virus, that is the only factor keeping us from knowing if its a false positive.
Unova2:
--- Quote from: Manchurro on July 22, 2023, 02:24:07 PM ---I guess you shouldn't download anything from the internet, and only the microsoft store. You need to be sure that all of your software is secure.
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i use internet products with the confidence that i can get my money back and more if they cause me harm, provided they're through a proven trustworthy service like steam or something. if they're not through a proven trustworthy service, then there's something to verify that it's safe to run and not evil and won't steal my data, like a source that i can just look through to see if it does anything malicious and compile myself if i don't trust official releases. if neither, then i'm just not going to use the software because i have the ability to make my own and don't want to risk having my computer self destruct because i wanted to play someone's private fork of a lego building game, which i think is pretty fair
--- Quote from: Manchurro on July 22, 2023, 02:26:06 PM ---And yes. Once Blockland R is open source we can finally know if its a virus, that is the only factor keeping us from knowing if its a false positive.
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i don't know kenko or anyone else involved. if Bill Gates came up to me and offered me a usb stick with Windows 12 on it I'd probably decline, which is a personal opinion but I think it's not unreasonable
i also don't really get the hostility and standoffishness; did i do something to you?
--- Quote from: Outland Predator on July 22, 2023, 02:13:16 PM ---The main concern with making Rebuilt open source is the fact that Blockland is still a paid product that is actively being sold.
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