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by hulitu 30 days ago
> Automatic updates are not bad

No. They are not bad. They are terrible. Forgot to test your SW or a state actor just discovered your backdoor ? Wait till i finish my work. Don't interrupt me, be more careful next time.

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The existence of vulnerabilities, backdoors or otherwise, is the main reason why you’d want the ability to automatically patch things.

Absolute resistance to auto updates (without assuming the responsibility of manual maintenance) is how you end up with WannaCry…