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?
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 But there are way more viruses for win 7 than for up to date win 11, because companies keep outdated windows and the vulnerabilities already exist.
How out of date are you?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
That’s right. As long as I don’t actively download things and run them blindly, I’ll be fine. My herd immunity consists of adblockers, hosts file, and a managed router.
The only thing that will change the equation is when, inevitably, my little refurbished bargain 15 year old laptop will finally crash too often and become tiresome to use, and/or software I want to use forces win 11 for no reason. An example is KiCad, an electronics schematic and PCB design suite that does nothing fundamentally different than OrCAD did on a 386 40 years ago. Why it forces you to use Win 11 now is utterly mind-boggling to me, but I also grow tired of constantly having to find ways around artificial constraints.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 month 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?
notarobot@lemmy.zip 1 month 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
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
That’s right. As long as I don’t actively download things and run them blindly, I’ll be fine. My herd immunity consists of adblockers, hosts file, and a managed router.
The only thing that will change the equation is when, inevitably, my little refurbished bargain 15 year old laptop will finally crash too often and become tiresome to use, and/or software I want to use forces win 11 for no reason. An example is KiCad, an electronics schematic and PCB design suite that does nothing fundamentally different than OrCAD did on a 386 40 years ago. Why it forces you to use Win 11 now is utterly mind-boggling to me, but I also grow tired of constantly having to find ways around artificial constraints.
And I wouldn’t mind a new monitor too.
notarobot@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
That is not herd immunity