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submitted 9 hours ago by PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

If I keep all incoming connections blocked, but also all outgoing connections blocked except my browser (no MS/Win service is communicating with anything online), would my attack surface be just the browser? So it wouldn't matter if Win is not updated?

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[-] JASN_DE@feddit.org 13 points 9 hours ago

just the browser

That's still the main entry for malware.

[-] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

how? don't you need to actually download and run some .exe .bat .cmd .msi etc etc to get some malware?

[-] JASN_DE@feddit.org 5 points 5 hours ago

No. That still works of course, but there are other ways. You wouldn't believe how much stuff your browser actually executes.

[-] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

edit: nvm, thanks for the answer.

[-] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

Believe me, you won't believe it

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