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by glimshe 50 days ago
I won't, as I don't take responsibility for someone stealing my street legal classic car, which is parked on the street right now without any special anti-theft device, and using it to run over you.

If someone takes over my computer, I'm the victim as much as you. You can't force your security standards on me, just as you can't prohibit people from connecting an arbitrary version of Windows, Linux or MacOS to the Internet just because it could inconvenience you.
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realo 49 days ago
An unpatched computer on the internet is basically like leaving a loaded gun visible on the ledge of your first-floor opened window.

Aiding and abetting might come to mind, if someone gets hurt by that gun.

Welcome to the 21st century.

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glimshe 49 days ago
Who decides whether a computer is "unpatched"? What patches are needed? To all running software? To system software? What is system software?

What about patches that bring new features that introduce new vulnerabilities? Can I claim I didn't want the update because I was concerned about the new AI thingy introducing EVEN more security issues and turning my reasonably secure, mostly patched, computer into your "loaded gun"?

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