We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.
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@briankrebs doesn't this mean that a motivated bad actor could compromise Microsoft/Apple/Google/Amazon and break the world? Stongarm the nerds, then push out some diabolical patch.
@notasnek @briankrebs *cough* 20240718 *cough* as a PoC for that?
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We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.
@briankrebs Thus has been my icky time for some years now..

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We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.
@briankrebs As it was foretold...
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We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.
@briankrebs
You have reminded me that I need a new phone. Damn. -
We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.
Is it the point in history where we go back to the Commodore 64?
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We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.
I anyway have #UpdateAngst all the time because of new bugs, loss personal data like bookmarks/favourites, worse interfaces, more ads, the usual enshitification, and now backdoors. 🥳
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We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.
@briankrebs redundant “backdoored” in there
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We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.
@briankrebs Well said!
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We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.
@briankrebs I've been feeling this lately with regards to most software updates (for personal usage), continuous enshittification is a factor too
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We've come to an icky time in security when the concern about using outdated, unpatched software starts to become overshadowed by the fear of downloading some backdoored update.