Comment on Microsoft doing shady Microsoft stuff again

• notarobot@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well, it’s still a question that needs answering. I’ve been running Windows 7 non-stop for years. The only reason it crashes is because the hardware is failing. Computing isn’t as complex as biology, for example, a program running on my laptop doesn’t reproduce and evolve and then send out floppy discs into the atmosphere where other computers breathe it in.

    It’s still relatively simple and deterministic. So, show me a URL that I can click on that will demonstrate all these threats I keep hearing about. Show me a link explaining these “vulnerabilities” that doesn’t end in “the user needs to install and run the malware in the browser.”

    You guys are so certain it’s everywhere, should be easy. Which part of TCP/IP is sending me code that Windows 7 will then execute?

    Waiting! Or maybe you’ve made this your entire identity and feel threatened by a simple question? You should be happy to hack my poor old Windows 7 with a simple URL?

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    • notarobot@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah. Sure, ley me dig up my stash of ilegal viruses. Oh wait. I dontkeep one.

      I am telling you, as a software developer, software has bugs, security bugs, and once they are out, OSs push security updates. Can that update introduce new ones? Of course! But at least it take time to be found. The other vulnerability is already found and exploited.

      Nobody is claiming that there is a 0-click virus to wreck everything. But there are way more viruses for win 7 than for up to date win 11, because companies keep outdated windows and the vulnerabilities already exist.

      How out of date are you? You mighe be vulnerable to eternal blue, which would be hilarious.

      Computers get herd immunity too. Virus do spread. The fact that everyone around you runs up to date things, keeps you safe

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