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As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity (futurism.com)
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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (12 children)

How bad would running Windows 10 past support be exactly? Seems like most vulnerabilities should have been patched by now.

[–] prof 11 points 1 week ago

See an example here:

Microsoft said both issues could allow attackers to execute code with elevated privileges, although there are currently no indications on how they are being exploited and how widespread these efforts may be. In the case of CVE-2025-24990, the company said it's planning to remove the driver entirely, rather than issue a patch for a legacy third-party component.

The security defect has been described as "dangerous" by Alex Vovk, CEO and co-founder of Action1, as it's rooted within legacy code installed by default on all Windows systems, irrespective of whether the associated hardware is present or in use.

New attack vectors are found constantly. Having no support can very likely result in a system that can be automatically breached in a few weeks to months.

As long as you don't have a public IP on your device and are in a trusted network you should be fine. But if you use a public wifi or somehow expose a port to the internet you're increasingly vulnerable for each day after the last security update.

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