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Re:(Redacted) has hacked and stalked me for 12 years [pdf] by ViViDboarder on Sunday October 16, 2022 @09:32AM (#33223479)
To be fair, they are damned if they do and dammed if they don’t. Don’t include auto updates, you’re in the news and people are upset that they have been hacked or catching viruses.

For the average user, auto updates are a blessing.

Nearly every system I’ve used does still give you control by allowing you to opt out.

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Re:(Redacted) has hacked and stalked me for 12 years [pdf] by webmobdev on Sunday October 16, 2022 @12:56PM (#33225136)
In the beginning ios didn't - they even connected to the wifi automatically, to download the huge updates. I think Windows also has announced forced updates. That extent of forced updates is just abusive.
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Re:(Redacted) has hacked and stalked me for 12 years [pdf] by smoldesu on Sunday October 16, 2022 @01:12PM (#33225287)
You can livepatch your OS without auto-deploying the next major version of iOS. That's what, I dunno, security focused OSes do when a critical vulnerability is discovered.
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Re:(Redacted) has hacked and stalked me for 12 years [pdf] by ViViDboarder on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @08:58AM (#33246433)
I didn’t think they did major version auto updates while security patches are offered for the current version. I could be wrong.
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