Why is End of Life of an OS bad for an average user? - eviltoast

I get that there won’t be any security updates. So any problem found can be exploited. But how high is the chance for problems for an average user if you say, only browse some safe websites? If you have a pc you don’t really care much about, without any personal information? It feels like the danger is more theoretical than what will actually happen.

Or… are there any examples of people (not corpos) getting wrecked in the past by an eol OS?

  • vividspecter@lemm.ee
    191·
    6 months ago

    You have a router or a carrier will have a CGN in front of your PC.

    Many are using ipv6 these days, so no CGNAT used. Potentially with some level of protection (particularly in the mobile case), but there isn’t a 100% guarantee.

    • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      6 months ago

      But you are still going to have some form of statefull firewall, where this video the firewall was deliberately disabled.

      • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        This is like saying I can leave my front door unlocked because we have a neighborhood watch…