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Re:Don't tell people to turn off Windows Update by jessaustin on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:28PM (#14344386)
Sure, but part of the process of "ironing out" local networks will be an easy way of categorizing what host gets what sort of connection to the internet. A pedometer built into a shoe needs very little access to anything.
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Re:Don't tell people to turn off Windows Update by supernovae on Monday May 15, 2017 @04:35PM (#14344892)
but it will need an update if it has a CVE and it shouldn't need humans to update it
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Re:Don't tell people to turn off Windows Update by jessaustin on Monday May 15, 2017 @05:39PM (#14345356)
In general one would say that, but there would be a category of local host that would mean "we don't trust this device to correctly update its firmware, so that action (and consequently most other network actions) is not allowed".
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