Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted

[Bret Busby]

On 21/10/2017, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 16:51:48 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>>Every computer user should subscribe to the CERT advisories.
>
> Does your distro have a security team? If so, they much likely know
> better than a user like you does. Remember, your claim was that staying
> with an outdated version of Firefox should be more secure, than
> upgrading to the latest version. You called an automatic security
> upgrade mechanism a trojan, just because you don't have the skills to
> customize your distro of choice.
>
> Do yourself a favour, don't try to be smarter than the Ubuntu security
> team. Don't customize your Ubuntu Mate, unless you know what you are
> doing. Yes, a reboot could be required after an enforced security
> upgrade (not only after a kernel upgrade), for a release model distro as
> Ubuntu less seldom, than for a rolling release.
>
> That computer users like you are subscribed to CERT advisories gains you
> nothing, since users as you don't have the skills to do the required
> steps yourself.
>


I assume that you are not subscribed to the CERT advisories, as you
appear to be unaware of the nature of the content of the CERT
advisories.

But then, you appear to be more concerned with making personal
attacks, rather than listening to what people other than yourself,
have to say.


-- 

Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia

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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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