The annoying truth about automatic updates. - Techlore
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Linux updates on the other hand- I cannot count the amount of times updates have broken something so that I either had to manually fix something, reinstall something or completely reinstall the computer because it booted to the rescue environment.
Mac updates- they are the worst. Newer versions inevitably break something and apps constantly need to be updated as well to maintain compatability. Updates are freaking huge and take ages to install. 15 minutes of downtime for a minor update on an M1 mac is unacceptable.
Date: 2022-04-15
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Joe
Your stance on security and updates is very confusing. At first, you make it seem like the average user has vulnerabilities from boogie men trying to hack and crack you from behind but at the same time support Google, Apple, FB, AWS and others as the good guys. You realize user vulnerability isn-t from anons but actual companies we-ve let into our devices and homes. The weak point isn-t from a random hoodie in moms basement but corporations we willing -trust-. By giving that -trust-, the only security vulnerability is who you give those keys, data and rights to.
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Your stance on security and updates is very confusing. At first, you make it seem like the average user has vulnerabilities from boogie men trying to hack and crack you from behind but at the same time support Google, Apple, FB, AWS and others as the good guys. You realize user vulnerability isn-t from anons but actual companies we-ve let into our devices and homes. The weak point isn-t from a random hoodie in moms basement but corporations we willing -trust-. By giving that -trust-, the only security vulnerability is who you give those keys, data and rights to.
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itech
Would anyone -PLEASE- advise me on what is the best FOSS solution for completely backing up a Win 7 Pro x64 machine? I know I need to move past 7, but right now, I need to be able to backup & restore this rig.
I am running two internal HDD's in RAID 0, if that matters (if I restore, it will almost certainly be to -one- single drive, and I honestly don't know if it matters when the restore discovers 1 drive instead of the 2 in RAID. I do have enough external storage for it all.
-INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL- FOR -_ANY_- HELP!
-THANK YOU! -
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Would anyone -PLEASE- advise me on what is the best FOSS solution for completely backing up a Win 7 Pro x64 machine? I know I need to move past 7, but right now, I need to be able to backup & restore this rig.
I am running two internal HDD's in RAID 0, if that matters (if I restore, it will almost certainly be to -one- single drive, and I honestly don't know if it matters when the restore discovers 1 drive instead of the 2 in RAID. I do have enough external storage for it all.
-INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL- FOR -_ANY_- HELP!
-THANK YOU! -
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Daniel
microsoft is garbage and the updates will bring better spyware and stuff each time? I have a new laptop but its not a performance one, i dont do gaming and stuff. Updating often will make this slow soon? I dont think im an important target but i have to update like to say weekly just because in case. Also there is no option to turn updates off forever and install manually only the security ones. I wonder if i can update them manually if i shut the automatic off by -force- via the ways not found in the updates settings
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microsoft is garbage and the updates will bring better spyware and stuff each time? I have a new laptop but its not a performance one, i dont do gaming and stuff. Updating often will make this slow soon? I dont think im an important target but i have to update like to say weekly just because in case. Also there is no option to turn updates off forever and install manually only the security ones. I wonder if i can update them manually if i shut the automatic off by -force- via the ways not found in the updates settings
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Bob
The last two updates from Microsoft has successfully downed my computer for multiple days. The one from this Tuesday made all of my browsers, except Firefox, inoperable. They immediately crash upon opening but stay open. I had to run repair multiple times and a restore point. The update prior, about 2 months ago, took me down for 3 days. The computer was non-functional in Windows and it took running restore 3 times before it worked. As soon as I came back on line, they tried to force the update back down my throat.
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The last two updates from Microsoft has successfully downed my computer for multiple days. The one from this Tuesday made all of my browsers, except Firefox, inoperable. They immediately crash upon opening but stay open. I had to run repair multiple times and a restore point. The update prior, about 2 months ago, took me down for 3 days. The computer was non-functional in Windows and it took running restore 3 times before it worked. As soon as I came back on line, they tried to force the update back down my throat.
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Christian
Automatic Updates on Windows suck. On Mac, Android, iOS, Solus, Manjaro and any Debian-based or Redhat-family Linux automatic updates are just fine.
On Arch by the way, you should have Btrfs and Back-In-Time system snapshots active, because you will do a lot of updates and things will break every now and then.
And yes, automatic backups are absolutely necessary! Every computer system will break at some point in time. - Even if it takes decades, it ill be in an inopportune moment. ;-)
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Automatic Updates on Windows suck. On Mac, Android, iOS, Solus, Manjaro and any Debian-based or Redhat-family Linux automatic updates are just fine.
On Arch by the way, you should have Btrfs and Back-In-Time system snapshots active, because you will do a lot of updates and things will break every now and then.
And yes, automatic backups are absolutely necessary! Every computer system will break at some point in time. - Even if it takes decades, it ill be in an inopportune moment. ;-)
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itech
I mostly agree with this. I don-t have auto updates turned on. Instead I make it a point to manually check for updates about once a week. Windows and gpu about once a week. Driver updates about once a month. My four web browsers (yes I have four installed) I check for updates about once a month. All other software updates about once every 3-4 months. Office is on auto update but I still check once in a while to see that it is up to date.
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I mostly agree with this. I don-t have auto updates turned on. Instead I make it a point to manually check for updates about once a week. Windows and gpu about once a week. Driver updates about once a month. My four web browsers (yes I have four installed) I check for updates about once a month. All other software updates about once every 3-4 months. Office is on auto update but I still check once in a while to see that it is up to date.
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Dan
Cool vid. Some notes on the backup portion as I think its important since you specifically mention ransomware
Take OFFLINE/Air Gapped/Immutable backups. You don't want the ransomware encrypting your external drive because it happens to be plugged in while you clicked the malicious link.
Another note would be to TEST your backups and restore process. An untested backup may turn out to be no backup at all.
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Cool vid. Some notes on the backup portion as I think its important since you specifically mention ransomware
Take OFFLINE/Air Gapped/Immutable backups. You don't want the ransomware encrypting your external drive because it happens to be plugged in while you clicked the malicious link.
Another note would be to TEST your backups and restore process. An untested backup may turn out to be no backup at all.
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Sir
I think you should turn on automatic updates for everything but not for windows No matter what anyone says just pause updates and manually update every month. No matter what time you set up for restart windows update dont fackin care it starts updating whenever and unlike android updates you dont can even properly know how long will the update take.
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I think you should turn on automatic updates for everything but not for windows No matter what anyone says just pause updates and manually update every month. No matter what time you set up for restart windows update dont fackin care it starts updating whenever and unlike android updates you dont can even properly know how long will the update take.
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Sodium
Maybe if people would stop trying to use a single device for everything the impact of such attacks would be mitigated significantly. Hell, I'd suggest having at least one machine that's permanently disconnected from the internet (i. e. wifi & bluetooth cards removed) which has all your files & programs that do not need an internet connection.
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Maybe if people would stop trying to use a single device for everything the impact of such attacks would be mitigated significantly. Hell, I'd suggest having at least one machine that's permanently disconnected from the internet (i. e. wifi & bluetooth cards removed) which has all your files & programs that do not need an internet connection.
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