Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr...
by jfrunyon on Monday September 20, 2021 @09:04PM
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> Ones which existed only in XP
When did I say that? Finding a bug in Win10 which has existed since XP is just as dangerous as finding a bug only in XP, given that the patch Microsoft releases for Win10 will not be released for XP.
> ...then where does it come from?
Vulnerabilities in locally installed software? Supply-chain attacks, drive-by attacks, clickjacking attacks? Or, you know, users installing it? Believe it or not, users frequently install malware; otherwise, there wouldn't be such a proliferation of fake "driver" sites on the internet. I'm not sure how you reached the conclusion that facts are an authoritarian excuse to take away freedom, particularly since I have never and would never advocate for disallowing people to install whatever software they like.
Ones which existed only in XP and not later? I doubt it. On the other hand, as for the bugs which exist only in the later versions...
Sure, except that the vast majority of malware doesn't come from a remote attack.
...then where does it come from? Don't say "users installing it", because that's nothing more than an authoritarian excuse to take away freedom --- and as the saying goes, "Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither."