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It seems that some of the same arguments for mandatory vaccination of people also apply to mandatory upgrades for Windows. E.g. if an exploit is rarely open it
by hirundo 8y ago
It seems that some of the same arguments for mandatory vaccination of people also apply to mandatory upgrades for Windows. E.g. if an exploit is rarely open it would be more rarely attacked, thus giving the herd of Windows computers a kind of immunity, somewhat protecting computers that for whatever reason, can't be upgraded.
Is it therefore reasonable to legally mandate updates or anti virus software for popular operating systems?
Also, since operating system customizations have the potential to defeat such protection, is that valid grounds to ban unapproved changes?
- alexozer 8y agoPreventing unnecessary deaths of children is not exactly in the same class of severity as preventing a computer from running malicious code in my opinion.
- secstate 8y agoI dunno. Stuxnet and the general use of networked computers to manage things like nuclear reactors or power distribution networks would beg to differ.