Re:Firefox upgraded my browser from 3.6 to 12 without asking...
by justinschuh on Saturday July 28, 2012 @11:51PM
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I agree, and Mozilla is completely in the right here. Software security updates are like necessary vaccinations: you're not just inoculating yourself; you're creating a herd immunity. When you fail to do this, you put other people at risk because a compromise of your system is not isolated to you. Rather, your system is likely to be added to a botnet or in some other way used to attack other systems.
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Re:Firefox upgraded my browser from 3.6 to 12 without asking...
by Dylan16807 on Sunday July 29, 2012 @02:11AM
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except that vaccinations are convenient and instant
and each computer is in contact with thousands
and browser infection almost always comes from servers
I don't see herd immunity working with browsers, and it barely works with operating systems.