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> Now the code contains the ability to go fetch arbitrary code behind our backs and run it against our will. How is that not what automatic updates are?
by roywiggins 9y ago
> Now the code contains the ability to go fetch arbitrary code behind our backs and run it against our will.
How is that not what automatic updates are?
- geofft 9y agoRight. I trust my browser vendor to send me automatic updates without me reviewing because I believe that's net good for my security. I'd prefer to live in a world where I don't have to question that.
- roywiggins 9y agoThere are definitely situations like corporate networks where automatic updates need to be quarantined and tested before rolling them out to all the machines, but since I don't pay a dedicated sysadmin to run tests on all my software on my personal computer before I receive updates, I'm content to trust my browser to update itself and hope it doesn't break anything. It's disheartening when the update is a marketing tie-in.