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Re:Ask HN: How can I do social good through programming? by simplicitea on Friday May 19, 2017 @03:32PM (#14378727)
| poor update policies

which ones? forcing them or not forcing them?

Re:Ask HN: How can I do social good through programming? by lkbm on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:20PM (#14379760)
Neither.

1. Bundling them -- it should be trivial to turn off all non-security updates while still getting all security updates.

Counterpoint: There might be no unambiguous distinction between security update or non-security update.

2. Not having them. WannaCry was so bad because Microsoft stopped providing security updates for a system that's still widely used.

Counterpoint: It seems odd to insist Microsoft continue to provide updates to a fifteen-year-old system they end-of-lifed three years ago. Should we be able to force them to keep providing updates indefinitely by steadfastly refusing to upgrade?

Re:Ask HN: How can I do social good through programming? by ChuckMcM on Friday May 19, 2017 @04:38PM (#14379153)
In the wannacry event the policy of not applying updates was contributory to its spread. So 'not forcing them' being the less good choice.