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> and all the major bugs have already been found Excuse me while I die of laughter. People are still finding bugs which existed in XP. Which was supported for

> and all the major bugs have already been found Excuse me while I die of laughter. People are still finding bugs which existed in XP. Which was supported for 12 years and was released 20 years ago. 7 was supported for 11 years and was released 12 years ago. > Nevermind the fact that everyone is almost always behind a NAT and are basically unreachable for attackers to exploit remotely. Sure, except that the vast majority of malware doesn't come from a remote attack.

userbinator 5y ago
People are still finding bugs which existed in XP. Ones which existed only in XP and not later? I doubt it. On the other hand, as for the bugs which exist only in the later versions... Sure, except that the vast majority of malware doesn't come from a remote attack. ...then where does it come from? Don't say "users installing it", because that's nothing more than an authoritarian excuse to take away freedom --- and as the saying goes, "Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither."
- jfrunyon 5y ago
  > Ones which existed only in XP When did I say that? Finding a bug in Win10 which has existed since XP is just as dangerous as finding a bug only in XP, given that the patch Microsoft releases for Win10 will not be released for XP. > ...then where does it come from? Vulnerabilities in locally installed software? Supply-chain attacks, drive-by attacks, clickjacking attacks? Or, you know, users installing it? Believe it or not, users frequently install malware; otherwise, there wouldn't be such a proliferation of fake "driver" sites on the internet. I'm not sure how you reached the conclusion that facts are an authoritarian excuse to take away freedom, particularly since I have never and would never advocate for disallowing people to install whatever software they like.

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> and all the major bugs have already been found Excuse me while I die of laughter. People are still finding bugs which existed in XP. Which was supported for

by jfrunyon 5y ago

userbinator 5y ago
People are still finding bugs which existed in XP. Ones which existed only in XP and not later? I doubt it. On the other hand, as for the bugs which exist only in the later versions... Sure, except that the vast majority of malware doesn't come from a remote attack. ...then where does it come from? Don't say "users installing it", because that's nothing more than an authoritarian excuse to take away freedom --- and as the saying goes, "Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither."
- jfrunyon 5y ago
  > Ones which existed only in XP When did I say that? Finding a bug in Win10 which has existed since XP is just as dangerous as finding a bug only in XP, given that the patch Microsoft releases for Win10 will not be released for XP. > ...then where does it come from? Vulnerabilities in locally installed software? Supply-chain attacks, drive-by attacks, clickjacking attacks? Or, you know, users installing it? Believe it or not, users frequently install malware; otherwise, there wouldn't be such a proliferation of fake "driver" sites on the internet. I'm not sure how you reached the conclusion that facts are an authoritarian excuse to take away freedom, particularly since I have never and would never advocate for disallowing people to install whatever software they like.