• PeteWheeler@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I would still be using Windows 7 if it was safe to connect to the internet.

    I can’t believe government systems are just open to cyber security like that.

    Are there not cyber terrorists for some teenager that has tried to do anything with these unsecured systems?

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      1 day ago

      Just slap some bit defender on it. That’s all that we have to do with windows 10 and we’re all good to go. Hey if Linux can run on the same box for all these years and be safe theres no reason why any windows system can’t be safe with a simple add on.

      Windows 11 is just a tmp chip added to board

      Srsly that is all. Something smaller than a thumb drive changed and they are trying to convince the world to make more waste. It’s fucking stupid. Microsoft can eat fat ass.

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      1 day ago

      Why would Windows 7 not be “safe” to connect to the internet? Do you understand how any of this works?

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        22 hours ago

        Lemmy is overloaded with people that puff up and want to present like they know things about tech, when they know basically nothing.

        Get a hardware firewall, get basic safe practices in place, don’t do basic user operations as admin, and configure shit correctly. If you think that your OS is there to protect you, you are a tech foooooooooooooool

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          17 hours ago

          I just connected my Windows 7 machine to the internet and two Russians jumped out my serial port! One is holding me down while the other one is stealing the CPU from my washing machine! Send help!

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            14 hours ago

            Well see the problem is you didn’t hot glue the cereal and milk port shut dummie

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              14 hours ago

              Well one did fuck me in the ass while the other one stole my favorite underwear right out from the delicate cycle. Total animals.

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        1 day ago

        No, and that is saddly the standard these days. Its all just bullshit sales tatics and a weird take on what risks are and are not involved with legacy tech.

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          17 hours ago

          Like dude how am I supposed to order burgers through skip the dishes if I don’t have Windows 11 and a 64 core CPU with 256GB of DDR18 super RAM running terabytes of vibe-coded AI slop!???