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Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon (www.neowin.net)
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[–] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I hope your firewall is up to scratch.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For all I know it might be turned off. From like 10 years ago.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're letting the internet bareback you.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Eh, it hasn't caused issues yet.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Your PC could be part of a botnet that sends phishing mails, mine crypto and send all your keystrokes to Irkutsk, without you noticing.

[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I would hope they're protected by the router firewall