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  • mlfh@lemmy.mlEnglish
    273·
    1 year ago

    Not having security patches on a system you do things like go to your banking website on is actually a pretty big deal, and I don’t think it should be dismissed lightly. Also AV is mostly snake oil, and is in no way an adequate substitute for a properly patched OS.

    • M0oP0o@mander.xyzEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hi, someone that worked on banking stuff in the past.

      You are not safe, nothing is even half as secure as it should be and you are most likely just using a web based front end puppeteering a much much older system. The browser you are on is normally the second weak point after your own dumb self and I have not even heard of one case (not saying there are none) of a OS related vulnerability with online personal banking.

      • mlfh@lemmy.mlEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        I’m with you there. It’s all layer upon layer of vulnerability and false security, and then at the bottom of all of it lurks the Ken Thompson hack.

        Still bad advice to tell people it’s okay to use an explicitly vulnerable OS, I think.