Comment on How are you using your laptop (with internet) that still runs Windows10?
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
What do you mean? Win10 still works. MS didn’t Thanos snap it.
Comment on How are you using your laptop (with internet) that still runs Windows10?
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
What do you mean? Win10 still works. MS didn’t Thanos snap it.
Maroon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No, I mean is it prone to being hacked now more than before? Or has MS actively pushing updates to worsen it?
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It was simple to the extended security updates for w10 for a year. After Oct, it’ll require payment for another year, up to 3 years total I believe.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
You still need some sort of exploit to be able to hit your machine. If you’re behind a firewall and not raw dogging it on the internet then you’ve got a decent layer of security.
At that point it’s just your web browser (or your brain) that needs an exploit to for something bad to happen. And both chrome and Firefox will be supporting 10 for years to come.
Object@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Did something happen?
TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Support has been extended, but 10 is EOL, which means soon™ it’ll stop getting updates. Once that happens, any vulnerabilities that exist (discovered or not) will stop being fixed.
vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
This doesn’t effectively increase your risk as a consumer. It only increases risk at the enterprise and infrastructure level.
All threat models include who you are and the environment the OS is run in for a reason. Just browsing the web is fine as a consumer, until browsers stop targeting your OS for updates.
The main vector for infection for any OS isn’t the OS itself. Malware doesn’t just spawn on your computer the second you plug it in to a router (no matter what Trump’s FCC thinks with their chinese router ban). It needs to get on your computer.
An up to date browser will prevent the majority of infections, with common sense preventing the rest. I kept Windows XP well into windows 7 years, and windows 7 well into windows 10 years before switching to linux. Just don’t download malware, you’ll be fine. Worst case scenario you keep a backup clone of your hard drive on a usb stick (which you should have anyway) and just reflash your drive every few months (or just switch to linux, it can do anything windows can do at this point with enough faffing about.)