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[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 66 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Put the rose tinted glasses to one side. We still had harmful viruses back in the day, difference is these days you are storing more private information "online" so the effect of compromise is larger.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 19 points 5 months ago

Back then, there were still lots of "wipers" that deleted files and/or destroyed the OS. Now it's all spyware and ransomware.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i'm mostly just sad that the funny side of malicious software is gone.

There's no more funny malware. It's all ransomware and stealers.

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's no more funny malware.

That depends who gets infected.

You or me infected by malware? No thanks!

Egon Mark infected by malware? Absolute hilarity!

i mean yeah, but that's only situationally funny.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

Vandalism became theft and kidnapping