Otter Raft@lemmy.ca to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoLogitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square145linkfedilinkarrow-up1424cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAbsolutely 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?
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s literally happened to every single version of Windows, 10 and below.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIf you disable the firewall and AV, sure, you can get in trouble. That’s not following even the most basic online safety steps though.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSo windows 8 computers that connect to the Internet just become compromised?
This is a fucking braindead take. A few months, a year, maaaybe? But a decade? No chance in hell.
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?
It’s literally happened to every single version of Windows, 10 and below.
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.
Every single one. Lol.
So windows 8 computers that connect to the Internet just become compromised?