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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by jlokier on Monday September 20, 2021 @06:51PM (#28600062)
From the article, I'm under the impression Windows 11 is horribly insecure now.

Which security issues are worse?

A built-in cloud command logger is quite bad if you don't know it's there, and is a security risk even if you know.

Some people occasionally enter things like private URLs, tokens, UUIDs, pathnames and query value onto the command line. Which is fine if they're the sort of thing that's ok in your local, private command history. Not so much if it's sent upstream.

Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by yabones on Monday September 20, 2021 @08:20PM (#28600671)
It entirely depends on your threat model but if yours is similar to most people, holes that let anybody on your network hijack your system via `tcp.sys` RCE's might be a showstopper...
Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by SteveNuts on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:12PM (#28601351)
What about HIPAA issues like 'notepad.exe john_doe_health_info.txt'
Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by selfhoster11 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @05:21AM (#28603313)
You're likely to have even worse HIPAA issues if someone manages to get full access on your user account.
Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by chakalakasp on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:41PM (#28600434)
The Windows 7 issues are worse. Far worse. But you do you, man
Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by NullPrefix on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:07AM (#28602415)
Care to elaborate? Without additional arguments it sounds like pure FUD to get more people on to the win11 spyware wagon
Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by chakalakasp on Thursday September 23, 2021 @08:10PM (#28637174)
I mean, there is an entire field of study in cybersecurity. You're asking me why using an EOL OS that is 7 years out of patch compliance is worse than using Windows 10 and being in patch compliance. That's something you can easily Google and get 15 second answer from an authoritative source.

But like I said, you do you. You'll figure it out eventually, probably at great cost.

Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by geofft on Monday September 20, 2021 @08:45PM (#28600828)
Would you prefer an OS that lets Microsoft spy on you, or an OS that lets the entire world spy on you?

Obviously the correct answer is "neither," but if you're deciding between Windows 7 or 11, that isn't an option you seem to be considering. Random people on the internet in countries with lower costs of living than yours will happily install malware on your computer to drain your bank account or cryptolocker you for a couple thousand bucks. Microsoft makes way more money than that (as does every single Microsoft engineer) and doesn't care about attacking you, at least not in that way.

(Also keep in mind that Microsoft surely has a bug tracker with a pile of WONTFIX'd security vulnerabilities in Windows 7 that they just didn't get around to fixing before EOL, and almost certainly that bug tracker is less locked down internally than raw telemetry data, so if you assume Microsoft or its engineers do care about attacking you, that's probably easier on Windows 7.)

Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by NullPrefix on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:09AM (#28602418)
I assume this is pure speculation, but one could also speculate that win10 or 11 also has a bugtracker full of security issues marked as wontfix or someLaterSprint