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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Plugging in ethernet can absolutely be a risk.

If you tell your client to plug in ethernet before you have confirmed they're running windows XP, you just ruined their PC.

There's a reason experts hail the air gap as one of the best lines of defense against intrusion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I doubt the people they're referring to are running windows xp.

Also, iirc the windows xp thing only works without a router.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Back in the XP days, PCs were often jacked directly into the internet. Remember having to add a 3rd party firewall like Zone Alarm? :)

I was installing cable internet at the time, my customers out there straight raw dogging the internet.