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I'm glad Windows forces updates, I certainly don't want machines like this connecting to the public network.
by jcastro 6y ago
I'm glad Windows forces updates, I certainly don't want machines like this connecting to the public network.
- Silhouette 6y agoBy all means make the default behaviour apply security updates, but that is very different to forcing updates of all types no matter what. In any case, for users who do have some idea of what they're doing, OS security updates are probably a relatively low priority today. Frequent robust backups, proper firewalls, and applying security updates to any applications that pull content from remote sources are likely to be more important in practice. If you get to the point where you're relying on your OS to protect you, you've probably already gone wrong at least once. Most desktop OSes won't do much to protect you against threats like data exfiltration anyway, because the security models are nowhere near sophisticated enough.
- userbinator 6y agoWould you be glad if your government forced you to live in the way it wanted you to, "for your health and safety"? This gradual creeping rise of authoritarianism in all aspects of our life really really boils my blood. "Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither."
- jcastro 6y agoWhat freedom am I giving up? I use Linux.