4 ms·
It's not "just because someone else has and thinks I should too". Your 25-year-old car probably emits a lot more harmful substances into the air than recent ca
by kijin 11y ago
It's not "just because someone else has and thinks I should too".
Your 25-year-old car probably emits a lot more harmful substances into the air than recent cars do, so someone could argue that you are actually harming others by continuing to drive it.
Similarly, one could argue that your use of computing devices that only support outdated cryptography is harmful to other people, because it makes it difficult for everyone else to upgrade to more secure algorithms. You might not be directly forcing anyone else to make any particular choice, but your choice contributes to the perpetuation of an insecure ecosystem, just like your car contributes to air pollution in your neighborhood.
- paulddraper 11y agoYour point about the car is correct, though I believe the argument on crypto is weak. I just would like to figure out how to use something for its actual lifetime. c'est la vie
- kijin 11y agoWell, an obvious solution would be for manufacturers to design their products so that they actually last a long time. For computing devices, this means guaranteed software/firmware updates for at least 10 years. In the case of routers, using dd-wrt instead of some proprietary firmware that doesn't even do the job properly would be a good start.
- paulddraper 11y ago"Software updates" and "last a long time are not the same". If anything, the former opposes the latter.
- kijin 11y agoThe only thing that prevents manufacturers from offering software updates for 10+ years for computing devices (they could even make it automatic!) is a lousy business model that depends on planned obsolescence.