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.
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FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day agoAn operating ending support isn’t in any way the same as bricking a product.
Ledivin@lemmy.world 1 day ago
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day 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 1 day ago
It’s literally happened to every single version of Windows, 10 and below.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day ago
If you disable the firewall and AV, sure, you can get in trouble. That’s not following even the most basic online safety steps though.
ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Every single one. Lol.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day ago
So windows 8 computers that connect to the Internet just become compromised?
pogmommy@lemmy.ml 1 day 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 1 day 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.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 day 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 1 day ago
A very long matter.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 day 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.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day ago
Again though - best practice for using an EOL OS in 2025 mean that an attack like wannacry wouldn’t affect you, since you wouldn’t have the SMB ports exposed to the internet. You’d also have AV software - Defender at a minimum, which is fantastic - and the Windows firewall on.