Re:Rethinking the computer ‘desktop’ as a concept
by selfhoster11 on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @04:56PM
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> But then people never updated their os/software and we ended up with lots of vulnerabilities.
Perhaps the issue was that we insisted every program be internet connected. If everything were offline a la Battlestar Galactica, security exposure would be greatly reduced - pretty much only the standard USB stick attack vector would work.
Re:Rethinking the computer ‘desktop’ as a concept
by goatlover on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:57AM
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> But then people never updated their os/software and we ended up with lots of vulnerabilities. <
Seems like we have a fundamental security issue that results in having to keep fixing vulnerabilities across most software, which sounds like applying bandaids and treating symptoms rather than coming up with a more secure approach.
I like where Windows is now, I get notified of required updates but I can defer it for a few days/week. For non-technical people who don’t know how to setup defers I’d imagine they would also be the crowd before who didn’t update. I’m totally fine with my parents occasionally grumbling about a forced reboot overnight.
Likewise all the software I use, besides online games, let me defer updates. Lots of stuff also now has the update next start, which I also like. I don’t even notice my browser updating most of the time until I open dev tools and see “what’s new”