3 Apr
2018
3 Apr
'18
11:30 a.m.
ebersman> In the pipe dream category, it would be great to think that as ebersman> IoT becomes unavoidable, we'll get more boxes that do ebersman> auto-update. rsk> Watch what you wish for: you might get it. The number of rsk> attack/abuse vectors (and the severity of their consequences for rsk> security and privacy) involved in doing auto-update may rival those rsk> involved in not doing auto-update. I used to hate auto-update but after doing some large scale consumer work, less than I used to. It's all "pick your poison". As Stephane points out too, all sorts of issues patching vs not patching. I'm thinking the "let's go to the movies" idea is looking better all the time...