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As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity (futurism.com)
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[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There's always going to be vulnerabilities, that's why they're ending support. They don't want to spend time updating an OS they don't want people using.

Windows 10 is probably fairly secure... today. In 2 years, someone might discover a new vulnerability, and you won't get the update. If there's a new way to do web security and the browsers need OS support to implement it, you'll be stuck on legacy security settings.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's not going to take 2 years...

New vulnerabilities are found on a daily to weekly basis.

To put this in perspective. In 2024 there were 1360 vulnerabilities reported, 587 confirmed with 33 deemed critical.

I would hazard there are critical vulnerabilities that are right now being worked on, or are complete but unreleased. There was a concern of the exploit being patched. That concern is gone for millions of PC(s).

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, does anyone know how many critical vulnerabilities are currently unpatched in Windows 7?