There's not too much in the way of xp malware still actively spreading, but you're right, an xp machine at one point was like a public domain colocated computer

There's not too much in the way of xp malware still actively spreading, but you're right, an xp machine at one point was like a public domain colocated computer to be abused by whoever. Computer insecurity is costly and counterproductive. It helps criminals and maybe the occasional oppressive regimes walk us backwards, mess up lives, mess up businesses. I don't think privilege escalation and encryption key theft should be taken lightly. Abusable things get abused.