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Considering the state of security in modern computing devices and the various OS's that power them, security updates mean less and less to me over time. Nothing
by cronix 5y ago
Considering the state of security in modern computing devices and the various OS's that power them, security updates mean less and less to me over time. Nothing is secure and likely won't ever be. I'd argue we're collectively less secure in 2021 than in 1995 despite massive advances in all other areas of the field.
- tomsmeding 5y agoAdding features probably increases the number of bugs, but security updates generally reduce the number of (exploitable) bugs. So I think that not taking security updates is throwing the baby away with the bathwater; stay on Win10 as long as you like, but apply the security updates.
- tentacleuno 5y agoYou can actually block feature updates and still allow security updates on Windows 10 through GPO (Win + R, gpedit.msc). Pretty cool and somewhat little-known feature.
- willis936 5y agoThe flashlight is just on. 1995 computers were trivial to compromise and still are. If perfection is unattainable does that mean we should snap to the other extreme and set all of our passwords to "password"?
- tentacleuno 5y agoThere's a saying for this: "don't let perfect be the enemy of good"[0]. [0]: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/don%27t+let+perfect+be+the+enemy+of+good https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/don%27t+let+perfect+be+...
- BrS96bVxXBLzf5B 5y agoWe would only be coming full circle. https://donhopkins.medium.com/mit-ai-lab-tourist-policy-f73b77075631 https://donhopkins.medium.com/mit-ai-lab-tourist-policy-f73b...