oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 6 months agoA Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PCwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1324arrow-down1external-linkA Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PCwww.pcgamer.comoleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSoGrumpylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoActuall, no. If a VM can be broken, how come everyone goes on about things being perfectly safe to run in one? It gives people like me a false sense of security.
minus-squaresteakmeoutt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoExactly. And you can see by the number of upvotes your comment got vs the number of downvotes earned by mine that a false sense of security is shared by the majority.
Actuall, no. If a VM can be broken, how come everyone goes on about things being perfectly safe to run in one?
It gives people like me a false sense of security.
Exactly. And you can see by the number of upvotes your comment got vs the number of downvotes earned by mine that a false sense of security is shared by the majority.
Well I for one, stand corrected.