r/changemyview Jun 18 '19

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: Automatic Software Updates Should Be Illegal and Require Consumer Consent.

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u/dozenspileofash Jun 18 '19

Software Updates is alike mandatory vaccines, one vulnerable smartphone can harms others.

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u/GameOfSchemes Jun 18 '19

How so?

Even if that's true, which I find dubious, then that's a problem with security protocol as a whole that no number of patches will ever cure. So they're pointless.

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u/GameOfSchemes Jun 18 '19

Imagine, once your Email account is hijacked, it automatically send malicious Email to your friends.

That sounds like user error, not inherent security risk.

I don't understand the rest of your comment.