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[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For PCs at workshop, I can understand Win98. The OS is just a bootloader to a single application. But for banking, it's a terrible security hazard.

[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@xavier666, only if it is used in subsidiaries where they have to manage money movements over the network, but not in local administrative applications where it is irrelevant, as in all purely local uses. In monoapplications in this area, even an old MsDOS will be worth it.
They have traveled to the Moon with an SO from a Tamagochi.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As long as it's isolated to local use, I guess it's fine. But if it connects to the internet, may lord have mercy on the firewall.

[–] Gordon@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I posted this elsewhere in this thread but hackers have managed to access data on air gapped computers

Unfortunately nothing is safe from determined hackers. The question is if anyone cares enough to steal your bank's data