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Homeland Security says 'Patch Windows Now'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-that's-paraphrased dept.

gregger writes "Wow, so the Department of Homeland Security is really concerned with Microsoft patches now... enough to come out and tell us to patch our machines. This warning, chronicled in eWeek, was issued less than a day after the release of 23 patches from Redmond. So, if you don't apply the patches, then what?"

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  1. What then? by aztecmonkey · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Then the terrorists win.

  2. Otherwise the NSA won't be able to "help" you by elrous0 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Not to break out the tinfoil hat here, but am I the only one who worries that one of these "patches" might one day (or already) include a nice little quite NSA backdoor? Or maybe the backdoor is already there and this "patch" is designed to keep it from being exploited/discovered.

    Man, I really HOPE I'm just being paranoid today.

    -Eric

    --
    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  3. then what? by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    then the terrorists win...