• CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
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    11 days ago

    All you guys said is true. You could get hacked blah blah blah. But to a gamer, a machine exclusively for gaming doesn’t take any of that as a concern. Want to hack my machine? Go ahead! As long as you don’t delete my games, be my guest. I don’t save credit card information on it anyway.

    But none of that happens in my case. I don’t game on or run Windows. I’m just here to provide a point of view.

    • And009@lemmynsfw.com
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      11 days ago

      Your local network is compromised, not just 1 windows device. It could potentially leak enough personal information for more targeted attacks.

      The chances are slim but AI may enable targeted hacking at scale. I simply wouldn’t risk downloading shit on a device with known security vulnerabilities, without any scope of fixes.