An operating ending support isn’t in any way the same as bricking a product.
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DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
A certain operating system whose name I won’t mention is ending support a day before and now this? WTF is wrong with this world?
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Well, unless some exploit is discovered that doesn’t require user interaction. Then merely being connected puts your device at risk.
And given historical precedent, it’s going to be a matter of time until one is discovered.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
A very long matter.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
This has literally happened repeatedly in the past. Just last year an exploit came to light affecting Windows XP that was so bad Microsoft had to release another security patch for it. WannaCry and NotPetya malwares used similarly severe exploits in 2017.
Ledivin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People can safely use Windows 10 online for the next decade as long as they follow basic online safety.
This is a fucking braindead take. A few months, a year, maaaybe? But a decade? No chance in hell.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
Absolutely you will be able to. How many previous versions of Windows have exploits that don’t require the user to do anything other than be connected to the Internet for their machine to be compromised?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
It’s literally happened to every single version of Windows, 10 and below.
pogmommy@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Basic online safety to you and me can be a bit high-level for many, disproportionately so for those who are going to remain on Windows 10. I don’t like Windows, either 10 or 11, but most of the hardware losing support with 10’s EOL can run a secure and modern operating system just fine, and Windows 11 could have been that if not for the overhead of Microsoft’s telemetry and other bloat. Home users lacking computer proficiency are being thrown under the bus so that Microsoft can generate metric tons of ewaste as they force their enterprise customers to purchase new hardware. With fresh new license keys.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
Enterprises dont need to buy new license keys every time they buy a new machine. That’s the whole point of Microsoft’s enterprise licensing.
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I think that was the operating system they told us was going to be the last version of that operating system ever. And then they released another one. Weird
herrvogel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That was said by one random, rather insignificant Microsoft employee who had no capacity to make such a claim. Not in a position to even have that kind of information on the company’s future plans.
And even if they did have the capacity, if you actually go look at what really was said, it’s reasonably clear that they wanted to say latest version but fucked up the sentence. I hate defending Microsoft but that thing has become a meme at this point.
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Interesting, I didn’t know that. Thanks for correcting me. I’ll try to remember and not spread that factoid anymore. But Microsoft can still eat the fattest of cocks.