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EDIT: Added ArsTechnica and Motherboard links
 
This story now has an article from Rock Paper Shotgun, but has original post on reddit
 
 
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/02/19/flight-sim-group-put-malware-in-a-jet-and-called-it-drm/
 
Motherboard Vice: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pamzqk/fs-labs-flight-simulator-password-malware-drm
Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/flight-sim-devs-say-hidden-password-dump-tool-was-used-to-fight-pirates/
 

I personally own the said flight simulator aircraft and am absolutely appalled by FlightSimLabs' actions with this blatant spyware in their software, wether it be for pirates or not, they are distributing malware to all their customers.
 
FlightSimLabs added a Chrome password dumper to their installer, and if someone used a known pirate key their information would be sent to the developers.
 
The CEO, Lefteris Kalamaras of FlightSimLabs himself stated:
 
Source: https://forums.flightsimlabs.com/index.php?/announcement/10-a320-x-drm-clarification/
 

first two would be cool thanks!