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That's mostly a lot of fantasy "what ifs" and a nothing-burger for everyone else in the real world. If you know yourself to be a potential target for government
by FirmwareBurner 3y ago
That's mostly a lot of fantasy "what ifs" and a nothing-burger for everyone else in the real world. If you know yourself to be a potential target for governments zero days, then you probably won't be running Windows 7 anymore. If you're an important asset and still running Windows 7 on-line when free upgrades to Windows 10 were available in the last 8 years, you should fire your sys-admin as even bottom of the barrel Wallmart laptops sell with Windows 11 for over a year now.
- Ographer 3y agoThat's exactly how people end up the victim of a ransomware attack. It's not worth it unless you really don't care about your computer and attached storage. I'm not a government agent but I'm still not risking it on my personal computer. Once a zero day is leaked online, it becomes the most powerful weapon to getting into a given system. Even when Microsoft races to put out a patch, millions of systems can be compromised first. It has happened before so it's not so hypothetical.