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Lots more software today is on the network than many people think. Even if network access is not required for an application’s functionality, the software may s
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
Lots more software today is on the network than many people think. Even if network access is not required for an application’s functionality, the software may still do an update check to a remote server so that it can alert users to a new update available.
- Silhouette 6y agoBut we're talking about software that we are writing. If we have any dependencies that are connecting to the network without us knowing about it, we have a serious problem already!
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoI was responding to the grandparent post’s statement "A majority of the software I use either for my work or for my leasure time don't even open a socket".
- jcelerier 6y ago> the software may still do an update check to a remote server so that it can alert users to a new update available. most of my day-to-day software is linux distro software which definitely does not do that except a few rare exceptions.