bob123, except you repeat yourself countless times regarding W7, why do you think someone who is using a hardware wallet should be too concerned about the fact that it is running an operating system that still has full customer support?
None of the alleged security threats you have already mentioned in your previous posts is not to my knowledge, caused any loss of user assets (cryptocurrency).
There is no (known) risk to a hardware wallet.
And if there would be a risk, it would apply to every OS.
I didn't mention anywhere that the cryptocurrencies stored on a hardware wallet should be the reason upgrade the OS.
It has been more of a general advice, not related to hardware wallets at all.
Windows 10 is much worst OS then W7 in terms of privacy (it is one big spy software)
I fully agree with that.
and some of the security benefits it brings are practically negligible.
The operative word here is
some.
The majority of the introduced security features make quite a big difference and are by far not negligible.
It is out of the question that Win10 is more secure than Win7.
If you value your privacy, don't use windows at all.
If you don't value your privacy that much, you can as well use Win10 which offers better security overall.
If you are already giving advice then advise people to switch to Linux, which is better than W10 in every way possible.
That's usually the first thing i do. But since a lot of people either don't want to get used to a new OS/new software or rely on windows software too much, the only option for them would be to upgrade to the newer version of Windows.
I also wouldn't say linux is better in '
every way possible'.
For me, the upsides of linux highly outweigh the downsides when compared to windows. But each person has to decide that for him/herself.
If people don't want to switch to linux (which is understandable imo), then they should at least upgrade to Win10.
Win7 misses security features and soon won't receive any security updates anymore (End of Life reached in less than a month).
Recently, we were able to read the news that Russian President Putin is still using Windows XP - so I wonder how one of the most powerful people in the world manages to stay protected from hackers who would be very happy to peek into his computer?
He himself can't stay protected at all.
It is his IT department which keeps him secure (if at all).
1) According to several internet resources, he is not allowed to use any windows OS newer than XP due to the missing certification from the FSTEC which is required for an OS to be used in such a position.
2) They are working on an own OS called 'Astra Linux' which most probably will replace his ancient OS
3) Who knows whether he really uses this computer to access the internet.
4) Who knows whether he hasn't been infected already (The IT department might just do daily backups and restore his PC without making things like that official)
5) I doubt there aren't good security mechanisms in place (Firewall, IDS/IPS, etc..) which would stop any threat entering their Network, way before it could even reach his computer.
He probably can stay pretty safe using his ancient computer due to their network security. But in the end.. it is just dumb.
However, the real security measurements which protect his computer are definitely not the OS itself (regardless of which OS he is using) and neither any software installed on his computer (random AV etc.).
An attacker would not try to enter his computer, once in their network. I am sure that there are way more interesting targets than the XP of Putin.
But i also believe, if one enters their network.. it would be extremely easy to get access to his computer.
