▲ 1223 ▼ 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 849 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cdkg@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (4 children) What happens if still use win 10? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago You'll be more vulnerable to malware because it won't be patched against newly discovered exploits. permalink fedilink source parent [–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) All you guys said is true. You could get hacked blah blah blah. But to a gamer, a machine exclusively for gaming doesn't take any of that as a concern. Want to hack my machine? Go ahead! As long as you don't delete my games, be my guest. I don't save credit card information on it anyway. But none of that happens in my case. I don't game on or run Windows. I'm just here to provide a point of view. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 1 year ago Your local network is compromised, not just 1 windows device. It could potentially leak enough personal information for more targeted attacks. The chances are slim but AI may enable targeted hacking at scale. I simply wouldn't risk downloading shit on a device with known security vulnerabilities, without any scope of fixes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFANUM@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago You can't. Every single hack/exploit that goes unpatched will be a gaping door for hackers permalink fedilink source parent [–] rabber@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) You are compromising yourself, though I think you'll still get security patches for a bit longer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago October is when security patches for windows 10 will stop. Its when it goes full out of support. LTSB will continue getting security patches for a couple years though. Source permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago You'll be more vulnerable to malware because it won't be patched against newly discovered exploits. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) All you guys said is true. You could get hacked blah blah blah. But to a gamer, a machine exclusively for gaming doesn't take any of that as a concern. Want to hack my machine? Go ahead! As long as you don't delete my games, be my guest. I don't save credit card information on it anyway. But none of that happens in my case. I don't game on or run Windows. I'm just here to provide a point of view. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 1 year ago Your local network is compromised, not just 1 windows device. It could potentially leak enough personal information for more targeted attacks. The chances are slim but AI may enable targeted hacking at scale. I simply wouldn't risk downloading shit on a device with known security vulnerabilities, without any scope of fixes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 1 year ago Your local network is compromised, not just 1 windows device. It could potentially leak enough personal information for more targeted attacks. The chances are slim but AI may enable targeted hacking at scale. I simply wouldn't risk downloading shit on a device with known security vulnerabilities, without any scope of fixes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFANUM@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago You can't. Every single hack/exploit that goes unpatched will be a gaping door for hackers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) You are compromising yourself, though I think you'll still get security patches for a bit longer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago October is when security patches for windows 10 will stop. Its when it goes full out of support. LTSB will continue getting security patches for a couple years though. Source permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago October is when security patches for windows 10 will stop. Its when it goes full out of support. LTSB will continue getting security patches for a couple years though. Source permalink fedilink source parent