This has been a hit and miss for me, and that's actually worse, because when I get that "wordpress has updated on its own" email I get the feeling of security,

This has been a hit and miss for me, and that's actually worse, because when I get that "wordpress has updated on its own" email I get the feeling of security, and then months later I log into the admin area only to find wordpress decided not to install a core update for... whatever reason