I dont think it matters whether u use legit or illegal software from a vulnerability standpoint. Use original or pirated software, either way you are getting tracked left and right.
People say for example, dont jailbreak your iphone dont root your android, its a safety concern. to who? if u have original untouched android or ios on your phone, if the phone is in airplane mode, with no sim in it, it still tracks your every move. it knows when u got out of your car. then when u connect to the network again, which i assume at one point u will, it sends it to google or apple servers.
The last time you had some privacy, was in your mothers womb.

Just hire hackers to bring down the illegal stuff, and send a little no to the legal sites

20 hours ago, keith101 said:

Most illegal software contains trojans so install at your peril , everytime i take my desktop in to have something done i have to get rid of what extra has been installed even though i say dont install any other software .

No it doesn't.

 

You just dealing with a dodgy tech guy, who probably has a back up of your entire hard drive on his server as well.

 

Stop clicking on those ads when you are visiting porn sites, install virus protection and keep it up to date and you will be fine.

16 hours ago, Moti24 said:

Most Linux Distros are free, and are a darn sight better than Windows.  But, that's just my opinion.

Been using Linux since -99. The desktops still aren't as good, tried KDE, Gnome, xfce, Unity, etc. Currently using Ubuntu on my linux boxes, 90% of the time it's just terminal, I use Windows 10 for MS office, dealing with media files, etc. Works better for casual stuff.

2 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Been using Linux since -99. The desktops still aren't as good, tried KDE, Gnome, xfce, Unity, etc. Currently using Ubuntu on my linux boxes, 90% of the time it's just terminal, I use Windows 10 for MS office, dealing with media files, etc. Works better for casual stuff.

I've got a couple of distros on the go.  But, I use Mint 19 for my everyday distro; cinnamon on the desktop and xfce on the laptop.  I'll never go back to Windows; mint works flawlessly for me.