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Re:Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and sec... by duskwuff on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:16PM (#31043654)
Bonus thought experiment: this same criticism applies to most Chromium and Firefox forks. (Especially the ones that describe "no automatic updates" as a feature.)
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Re:Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and sec... by paxys on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:14PM (#31044471)
I wouldn't call it criticism. Software at this scale and complexity will have vulnerabilities. I'd be a lot more concerned about someone who claims that their code is fully secure and doesn't need any patching ever.
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Re:Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and sec... by duskwuff on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:22PM (#31044591)
> Software at this scale and complexity will have vulnerabilities.

Certainly. The question is what provisions the software has made to mitigate those potential vulnerabilities by notifying users that a patch is available and allowing them to automatically apply that patch.

Deliberately removing these mitigations from a piece of software which is highly exposed to exploits, like a web browser or an operating system, is nothing short of irresponsible.

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