Re:Don't tell people to turn off Windows Update
by bigbugbag on Monday May 15, 2017 @10:05AM
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Ok let's place the 'if' game.
- If Microsoft had coded its software properly there would be no need to patch vulnerabilites,
- If the NSA had told Microsoft about the vulnerabilities when they were discovered instead of exploiting it (Assuming the NSA did not tell MS to not patch them on purpose),
- If Microsoft did not have decades of being untrustworthy gathering the logical response of disabling auto-updates,
- If Microsoft had not paid vendors to have windows pre-installed on new computers it would have the monopolistic position it has today,
- if the NSA exploit and tools had not been made public,
- and so on...
All these are also valid ways that would have prevented wannacry spreading.
- If Microsoft had coded its software properly there would be no need to patch vulnerabilites,
- If the NSA had told Microsoft about the vulnerabilities when they were discovered instead of exploiting it (Assuming the NSA did not tell MS to not patch them on purpose),
- If Microsoft did not have decades of being untrustworthy gathering the logical response of disabling auto-updates,
- If Microsoft had not paid vendors to have windows pre-installed on new computers it would have the monopolistic position it has today,
- if the NSA exploit and tools had not been made public,
- and so on...
All these are also valid ways that would have prevented wannacry spreading.