Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s computer in the Kremlin runs Windows XP, which has been unsupported for 11 years. The computer is vulnerable to all viruses

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s computer in the Kremlin runs Windows XP, which has been unsupported for 11 years. The computer is vulnerable to all viruses



by ua-stena

28 comments

  1. Assume it is air-gapped or is on network that has no “outside” access.

  2. That’s quite the flex, showing he’s not afraid of windows.

  3. Hard to tell with that blurry image, you would think, XPs giant green start button would pop out.
    It’s looks like a aero task bar so it’s probably at least VISTA or newer windows. 

    But really could be Linux for all we know it’s bloody blurry. 

  4. Oh that would be super unfortunate if he got hacked into then.

  5. I’m not surprised, Putin is a known fan of Windows.

  6. Isnt this computer just for him to look busy and organized? I don´t see him browsing and falling for “hot milfs are waiting for you”

  9. I guess it is some Linux with KDE that can look like anything you want.

    AFAIK both Russia and China are moving away from US spysoftware uh Windows.

    To FOSS where every country can try to commit a couple lines of spycode.

    So, look no reason to downvote I burned them both.

  10. did some research on it:
    1. It’s a PR photo, and he doesn’t use the internet, computers, or mobile phones at all.
    2. It’s not necessarily vulnerable if the Kremlin has an expensive support contract with Microsoft for Windows XP-similar to the one the Pentagon has. The Pentagon still uses Windows XP for its nuclear forces.

  11. Probably a pirate copy rather than having a legitimate Microsoft license.

  12. I’m actually suprised they aren’t doing what China is with Harmony Os. Couldn’t be that hard to customise their own Linux distro or something.

    Maybe hes a secret gamer.

  16. Genuinely surprised they don’t run a “home brew” Linux distro. Very easy to do, would be infinitely more customizable and secure.

    Even if you’re not connected to any networking, it’s still vulnerable if he uses it as anything other than a glorified typewriter. Any disk he inserts, any data that gets entered that isn’t done one character at a time through his keyboard, could carry a payload.

  17. It’s much probable that this is Astra Linux, which is a russian official distro from what I understand.

  18. Mistake my friend. Never ever trusting anything coming out from the kremlin.

  20. at this point: 1) are we sure that he is still alive and those videos are not being used over and over again since 15 years? 2) we can be sure that this system is not connected to the internet. governments are known to have tons of legacy systems in their datacenters.

  21. Well, at least it’s not Vista. Maybe he’s not a complete monster

  22. There might be a reason for that. Certain old programs you’ll need the old system. The US Army still uses windows XP for that reason.

  23. I think he’s scared of spiders trying on his Computer.

  24. lol he definitely doesn’t touch that thing. a soviet boomer who fears COVID-19 would definitely have rows and rows of shortcuts, PDFS, and images on the desktop if he did.

  26. Unfortunately that’s not how it works. The reality is that windows xp is a very well known OS, and the government keeps using it because they can keep modifying and improving a single piece of software instead of having to get a new OS, and make new security patches based on new threats as they come up.

    Honestly, this isn’t a new concept in government. For OS level security, the less often you change OS, the better.

    I’m not saying they’re competent at it, I’m just saying it’s much easier to secure an old well known OS than it is to keep up with the threat vectors associated with a new OS.

  27. Ukraine has the chance to do the most hilarious thing yet

  28. Probably the one redeeming value for Poot. I’d go back to XP if I could.

    No Bing I want to search my computer not the internet you piece of shit and I don’t need your clippy ass suggestions either.

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