Comment Re:Windows 10 only? Damn (Score 1) 55
That isn't the use case of this service though... This is providing a Google-provided MDM-type device management essentailly for Windows 10 corporate laptops similar to what you can already do with Android and iPhone.
I have more one-off Oscilliscopes, PXE chassis, LabView boxes etc. in my environment than I'd care to admit running out-of-date embedded Windows OSes--none of these have a web browser installed or are even connected to a network where they could go out and access Google. They either have the network port taped over or have 10 layers of compensating controls between them and any network that might want to do them harm.
As for Windows 7, it went EOL as-of January 14, 2020 (unless you pay a hefty support contract to MS for extended support). I see absolutely no reason for Google to market a mobile device security solution to companies who choose to completely ignore security by running an unsupported OS in a mobile device environment such as an end-user laptop where the threat vectors are already just about the most dangerous they could be (thivery, sketchy wifi networks, sketchy USB devices, liquid nitrogen attacks on RAM holding sensitive encryption keys once the adversary has physical posession of your booted-up but sleeping device, Thunderbolt USB-C port DMA vulnerabilities, etc.)