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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 50 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Airlines relying on Windows.

Sometimes I do feel afraid.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 29 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Dude, every bit of critical infrastructure around you is running Windows XP and McAfee ePO. The shit hidden in segregated control networks would make a security researcher from 2009 cringe.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I just did a fresh install of Windows 7 this week.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Whoa! Slow down! Does the plant manager know you're on the bleeding edge?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago

Don't worry, it was 32-bit.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Where I live infrastructure is actually a bit more modern, but I have seen Windows XP, 2003, 2008 very recently too.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Can confirm. I've already heard from one of my team's members from 2005.

[–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 0 points 4 months ago