Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
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Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
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Re: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
#2Sounds like a case of 'already behind the airtight hatch'. If you have administrative privileges to install an OS upgrade then you have administrative privileges to disable filesystem encryption.
On the other hand, if MS pushes the update to the PC and it self-launches or can be initiated by a non-administrator, then it seems like there is a real security problem here.
Re: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
#3Sounds like a case of 'already behind the airtight hatch'. If you have administrative privileges to install an OS upgrade then you have administrative privileges to disable filesystem encryption. On the other hand, if MS pushes the update to the PC and it self-launches or can be initiated by a non-administrator, then it seems like there is a real security problem here.
Arent these kinds of updates pushed out my Central IT? Just because they can push it out, there are still a lot of employees watching the update run that probably don't have admin access.
Re: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
#4Sounds like a case of 'already behind the airtight hatch'. If you have administrative privileges to install an OS upgrade then you have administrative privileges to disable filesystem encryption. On the other hand, if MS pushes the update to the PC and it self-launches or can be initiated by a non-administrator, then it seems like there is a real security problem here.
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Re: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
#5> Stick to LTSB version
Good advice in general for almost any software.
Re: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
#6To really be considered white hat wouldn't you have to wait until the fix is deployed?
Re: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
#7Come join Linux my friends. My fedora hat wearing greybeards wait for you. Only operating system left that gives semblance of privacy and security.
And to those who think I am derailing... http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-wants-all-linux-dev...
Re: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
#8Come join Linux my friends. My fedora hat wearing greybeards wait for you. Only operating system left that gives semblance of privacy and security. And to those who think I am derailing... http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-wants-all-linux-dev...
Fedora is too young for Greybeards.
Re: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
#9I'm disable windows update and windows background intelligent service . The most reason was windows keep re downloading broken update and cost a lot my broadband bandwidth. To secure my laptop, i only remove csript.exe and wscript.exe.
Re: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security risk
#10Come join Linux my friends. My fedora hat wearing greybeards wait for you. Only operating system left that gives semblance of privacy and security. And to those who think I am derailing... http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-wants-all-linux-dev...
In all seriousness, why is Fedora the mosts worthy Linux out of them all, in terms of privacy and security? I thought those two were kind of an inherent staple of all Linux distros? In the past I've used Debian Stable with AwesomeWM (the inspiration for Mjolnir) and it felt pretty secure?