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I will never understand the perversion of walling off security updates behind paywalls or geographic walls.
by Causality1 5y ago
I will never understand the perversion of walling off security updates behind paywalls or geographic walls.
- zeruch 5y ago...depending on your legal department, it might be to ward off out of geo liabilities or expectations of support (whether actual or simply perceived).
- chuckee 5y agoI've never heard of a company being held liable for releasing even a paid product with defective security, let alone a free one. They're not even held liable for deliberately including spyware [1]! That any lawyer would believe a company would be held liable for releasing an imperfect security patch is beyond absurd, and nothing more than a convenient excuse for abusive practices. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/lg-smart-tv-snooping-extends-to-home-networks-second-blogger-says/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/lg-sm...