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Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.
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this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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I'm celebrating too as a user. No more shit updates that disturb me.
Which would be the reason the hackers are celebrating
That's great. I have ublock origin and paid virustotal at my side. I'm not safe, but I wouldn't be any safer with a windows update.
wow you really seem to know what you're doing. You've got everything pretty locked down huh. No code exploits or buffer overflows gonna get to you with a barricade like that in their way!
They haven't so far. If they ever do I'll let you know so you can be really happy about my failure
You should try running Windows XP while connected to the internet if you want to be sure about that
No need, the entirety of a building from a Uni I went to runs on XP with the last security patches and browsers that are built for xp compatibility like Supermium with security extensions. They never got hacked. No issues at all and the students can connect to the internet all they want, they aren't even monitored besides checking they still work once in a while. This is because despite lack of funding for new PC's, the security department is competent and actually knows how to work around that, as opposed to just saying what you are all saying here. There are Win7 machines there too, which can be remotely accessed via internet. There's a magical thing called a firewall. Did you know routers also have a firewall? Crazy right? Did you also know that almost all PC's are connected to routers, not directly to the internet? Crazy too, right? That's like basic level security knowledge. If you're so terrified you will be hacked that you're willing to put up with Microsoft's shit, i feel bad for you all.
Every security person in the world just groaned and rolled their eyes at the same time.
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