I have an old XP laptop with which I only watch YouTube and play 2 old games in the WLAN, which is only via the Fritzbox guest access. What's so bad about it, even if it's hacked, isn't there anything on it?
It is in your network so you can use a backdoor on this laptop as long as it is running to intercept the network traffic of the other computers or, for example, falsify login pages of FB or banks in order to get your access data.
If the laptop has been hacked and it is online, it represents a gateway into your network.
Even if it is only in the guest access, you can possibly read the network traffic in the other Wi-Fi even if you cracked the key. Or give this laptop from the guest network to the regular network. But that depends heavily on the key used.
The hacker has access to all devices in the Wi-Fi if he is good and he can tap into micro and camera. But as such, individual hackers are not interested in observing other people.
the risk of being hacked is greater but not particularly relevant for you if you don't have any intimate or familiar data on your laptop
That's why it's only in the guest access that is isolated from the rest
There are always some people who want to teach you. It's best to just ignore it.
That's why it's only in the guest access that is isolated from the rest
I read a potential attacker can still record the network traffic of the other Wi-Fi and if the password is weak decode the messages in the non-guest Wi-Fi.
The laptop can then be compared to a guy who stands in front of your house with his laptop and tries to attack your other networks. In this case, he just doesn't really have to be in front of your house.
Our password is very long and the guest account has a completely different password
If your actual password is secure (Danube steamship company is also long but not secure) you don't have to worry about anything except that the attacker can have full access to the laptop, i.e. Camera and microphone.
And it could at least interfere with the actual Wi-Fi, but it would probably not do too much.
The prerequisite for security in this case is of course that the Fritzbox itself is secure, i.e. The current firmware is on it. If an exploit became known, mab could set up a bridge again via the laptop.
In other words, the laptop represents a potential security risk, but since you are obviously aware of this, there's nothing else to say about it. Except that you should always treat him that way, which you do more or less.
The computer will quickly be used to attack other computers.
There are always huge attacks on systems that are very relevant. For example the health system or something similar. Hacked computers are used for such attacks, for example to demand a ransom.
If you use a Windows XP computer to browse the Internet, the chances are good that it will soon be shooting around in a funny way.
Could only cost lives. Not an exaggeration when you consider how malware like WannaCry has been distributed and how it has crippled those hospitals, resulting in deaths.
What should be noted at this point is that a potential attacker could also misuse your laptop as a proxy. In other words, he could route his network traffic via your router and then, for example, take illegal actions and then your IP would appear instead of him.
Popular with hacked servers.
I don't think he's running the laptop in a hospital so that shouldn't be a problem.
But I can't afford a second laptop just to watch videos while I'm only 15
To attack a hospital, a computer doesn't have to be in a hospital, that's what makes the Internet so special.
Take a look at VMs. You can play your game in a VM that has no internet while still watching YT on your main system. Or you watch on your cell phone, tablet, TV or something. Surely there's a possibility.
So unless you plan to run a hospital…
WannaCrypt didn't stand a chance with current Windows versions. Perhaps the hospitals should then pay their doctors a few thousand euro less per year and keep their technology up-to-date.
I repeat, you don't have to be in a hospital to attack a hospital. Even attacking the communication channel with which they communicate with each other can have devastating consequences.
How should I play Fortnite on my laptop and watch YouTube at the same time, which is from 2015 and then Fortnite lags even when I connect HDMI
WannaCrypt didn't stand a chance with current Windows versions.
I'll tell you one of the numerous malware that has cost human lives, and what you say against it is that after the people have died, after all, this one version no longer works?
In addition, you just assume that the victim is using a current version of Windows, which is currently the topic. The FS just doesn't want to do it.
Perhaps the hospitals should then pay their doctors a few thousand euro less per year and keep their technology up-to-date.
You have no idea about the subject, do you? No matter how up-to-date you keep your technology, you can't stop some attacks. That's also the reason why internet giants like Github have already been offline for a certain time. Because even they can't do it.
I do not care. I use Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and inevitably Windows 10 and it stays that way. I don't have to know anything about network administration either because, unlike you, I did not complete a degree in the field.
In addition, in my former school, Windows XP was mostly still used in 2015 although support ended in 2014. The city didn't care either.
Yes, you have made it more than clear enough that you don't care who suffers from it, as long as it is not you.
Ok 😊
