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In an effort to improve security, Linux Mint has announced that it will inform users about important security updates - but not enforce them. Do you think Mint has made the right call? . Last month , the Linux Mint team announced that it wanted to do something about systems not being upgraded to newer versions. Systems that were not supported anymore were vulnerable to attacks, and the same was true for systems that had not the latest security updates installed. This week, the team announced that it found a solution to the problem. Good news is, that it does not involve enforcing updates on user systems. Instead, the team created a notification system for updates that informs users about them. The link for this article located at ghacks.net is no longer available. . Linux Mint has introduced mechanisms to notify users regarding security patches, reinforcing overall system security whilst upholding user independence.. Linux Mint Notifications, Security Updates, User Choice, System Upgrades. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Digital security is a trade-off. If securing digital data were the only concern a business had, users would have no control over their own computing environment at all-the Web would be forbidden territory; every disk drive would be welded shut. The . . . . Digital security is a trade-off. If securing digital data were the only concern a business had, users would have no control over their own computing environment at all-the Web would be forbidden territory; every disk drive would be welded shut. The current compromise between security and flexibility is a sort of intranet-plus-firewall sandbox, where the IT department sets the security policies that workers live within. This allows workers a measure of freedom and flexibility while giving their companies heightened security. That was the idea, anyway. In practice, the sandbox model is broken. Some of the problem is technological, of course, but most of the problem is human. The model is broken because the IT department isn't rewarded for helping workers do new things, but for keeping existing things from breaking. Workers who want to do new things are slowly taking control of networking, and this movement toward decentralized control cannot be reversed. . Digital security is a trade-off. If securing digital data were the only concern a business had, user. digital, security, trade-off, securing, concern, business. . Anthony Pell
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