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[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I've had a Win 7 running for 12 years as a media server, never once been hacked.

ISPs and even old school Win 7 to Win 10 OSs have the old ports blocked by default that prevent "drive-by malware".

What you are talking about is the equivalent of a Boogeyman that only exists because people are stupid about what they open up or install or allow to control their firewalls. Your points even prove that.

You can open a Netscape browser on Windows 95 and not get hacked. But of course you believe opening a browser opens you wide up so just ignore what I say.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

You can open a Netscape browser on Windows 95 and not get hacked.

Makes sense, you wouldn't be able to use 99% of today's sites anyway due to not supporting TLS.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Same exact experience. Lemmings being ignorant. What else is new?