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Old software = good. Newly patched software = who was it patched by exactly?
by puppetmaster3 11y ago
Old software = good.
Newly patched software = who was it patched by exactly?
- ggeorgovassilis 11y agoI suspect kpcyrd's point is that by not auto-updating, you stick out like a fly in the milk. Software versions (like browser versions, plugin versions) can be queried [1] and used to almost uniquely identify you. [1] http://detectmybrowser.com/ http://detectmybrowser.com/
- michaelt 11y agoRight - but if your browser and OS signature is "the latest version of tails" [1] then presumably you look identical to other users of the same live CD? [1] https://tails.boum.org/ https://tails.boum.org/
- bartread 11y agoYep, all four of them. I (probably) exaggerate, but the problem is that your anonymity pool is now very small.
- JoshTriplett 11y agoOld software: which website that you just visited "patched" it to do things you don't want?
- na85 11y agoOne commonality among top security professionals is that they all update regularly (and they don't speak in platitudes like old = good)