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Debatable. "I connected Windows XP to the Internet; it was fine" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40528117

One comment there points out that XP is old enough for infected attack vectors to have all died out. I dunno.





I experienced this first hand in 2014. We got to a point where drive-by exploit kits just weren’t shipping IE8, Java 6 or Windows XP payloads anymore.

Anyone else noticed that we don't even GET patch notes anymore?

"Fixed some bugs" Yes thank you very helpful that! Now I can make a very informed decision.


I hate that. “Bug fixes and improvements” every time. And then there are the ones who think they’re being cute with “our bird Fernando has been hard ar work eating those nasty bugs and flying over the rainbow to bring you an ever delightful experience”. Just, no. I don’t mind you flexing some creative writing muscles in your release notes if you provide actual clear information, but if you’re going to say nothing like everyone else, might as well use the same standard useless message so I can dismiss it quick.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/idle-windows-x...

But good we are talking about my point rather than than the example.


> YouTuber Eric Parker demonstrated in a recent video how dangerous it is to connect classic Windows operating systems

The video referenced in that article explicitly connects directly to the internet, using a VPN to bypass any ISP and router protections and most importantly disables any protections WinXP itself has.

So yeah, if you really go out of your way to disable all security protections, you may have a problem.


Like leaving the lid off of my typewriter at lunchtime :-o

That’s still the example, not my point.

My point is, statistically, it is more secure to install updates as fast as possible.

We can take another example: search for “shitrix”, there’s thousands more CVEs out there to use as example.




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