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Windows 8 Already Getting Security Patches

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 12 November 2012 - 11:48 AM

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Posted 12 November 2012 - 12:44 PM

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#3 JohnathanWright4urb

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Posted 12 November 2012 - 02:01 PM

This article is sponsored by LogMeIn.... says so right at the top.

BTW, windows 8 is NOT 2 weeks old. More like a year and its been getting patches the whole time so it is SECURE. Come on folks, nothing to see here. This is a marketing scam to get you to use log me in.

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Posted 12 November 2012 - 06:34 PM

You mean to say Windows security isn't as rock solid as Microsoft says it is?? The end of the world must have arrived! I better back-up my files to my other hard drive...oh wait, that runs on a Microsoft platform too.

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Posted 13 November 2012 - 12:17 AM

So, Windows gets security patches, and that is a bad thing?

I guess MS is supposed to ignore them...

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 10:40 AM

After decades of experience in writing Intel based processor operating systems, you'd think they'd be able to at least get the security aspect nailed down. Can Service Pack 1 be far behind?

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Posted 20 November 2012 - 06:45 AM

There is no such thing as a secure OS. Not even Linux. If you want a secure computer, don't connect to the net, don't install programs, don't let anyone use your computer, keep it in a secure locked place. In other words don't use the computer.

Saying that, I wonder how much Kirk Lindsky or PC World got paid for an advertisment for LogMe in writing in a commentary article.

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Posted 20 November 2012 - 10:12 PM

StuporMundi, on 19 November 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

After decades of experience in writing Intel based processor operating systems, you'd think they'd be able to at least get the security aspect nailed down. Can Service Pack 1 be far behind?

Do you honestly think security actually CAN be a set-it-and-forget-it approach? With people learning new ways to attack systems DAILY, do you really think this can be accomplished?

I have to question your sanity if you do.