My bank still uses win98

1. 2019-04-12 at 2:11 AM UTC

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   AngryOnion Big Wig [the nightly self-effacing broadsheet]
   WTF?
   I went in last week to move some money and the privacy screen was off and I saw win 98 with windows explorer wtf?
   Old school shit,is this a move so they can be hacked or is this ploy to entrap would be hackers and shit.
   MY mind was blown!!!
2. 2019-04-12 at 2:14 AM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   Actually, using an older system could potentially reduce risk, since the system is a lot better understood. Updating an OS always carries risk, and that risk carries tremendous financial implications if we're talking about a bank, for example.
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3. 2019-04-12 at 2:15 AM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   Heck, I'd prefer a bank that uses MS DOS with the simplest accounting application over something with hundreds of dependencies than can be exploited.
   
   Simpler is always better.
4. 2019-04-12 at 2:30 AM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   When I worked for Sears they used this really old inventory software called "PRIMS" and it blew my mind how a company worth millions of dollars is using software that I can't even find pictures of on the internet. They were using a really old version that ran in a command prompt window like this.
   
   And everything was printed on pin feed paper.
   
   
5. 2019-04-12 at 2:44 AM UTC

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   AngryOnion Big Wig [the nightly self-effacing broadsheet]

   Originally posted by gadzooks Actually, using an older system could potentially reduce risk, since the system is a lot better understood. Updating an OS always carries risk, and that risk carries tremendous financial implications if we're talking about a bank, for example.

   
   Kind of makes sense,flying under the radar so to speak.
   I don't know it gave me a sense of insecurity something that old was in charge of my shit.