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I don't think it's dumb, I have been saved from disaster too many times to count, by just waiting a little bit after something new comes out, to see if other pe
by ranger_danger 2y ago
I don't think it's dumb, I have been saved from disaster too many times to count, by just waiting a little bit after something new comes out, to see if other people start having problems that might affect me.
- orf 2y agoThat’s a different thing entirely - waiting for a review of a product before purchasing is different from inherently untrusting the manufacturer of the product, as it may contain something malicious that is targeted at you.
- ranger_danger 2y agoI'm still only talking about updates. I didn't update xz for example, and I'm glad I didn't because it turned out to be compromised in certain versions.
- orf 2y agoSure, or it could have left you vulnerable in other versions. Waiting for others to hopefully discover targeted security vulnerabilities and only updating after an ad-hoc timeframe if nobody shouts “FIRE!” isn’t a security posture, it’s just terrible patch management.
- ranger_danger 2y agoI don't think things are always so black and white but I respect your opinion.