Reply to post: Re: Control freak

Yeah, WannaCry hit Windows, but what about the WannaCry of apps?

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Re: Control freak

"The risk of not updating outweighs the risk of updating"

Surely that depends on how well the updates are documented and how well they've been tested in the circumstances relevant to any particular installation?

E.g. if all your connected cameras and associated apps unexpectedly stop working, and they're a critical part of some safety/security monitoring setup (highway traffic management, airport security) and you didn't see it coming, and your end users suddenly can't see what's going on on the roads or in the airport etc, then what?

Not a hypothetical example:

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/76719/microsoft-broken-millions-webcams-windows-10-anniversary-update

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