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aidrocsid · 3191 days ago · link · · parent · post: New research: Comparing how security experts and non-experts stay safe online
I've never seen software updates as a security risk, but I am sometimes hesitant to update things that work just fine because newer versions aren't always better. Look at utorrent. The older versions work great and lack the advertising in the newer versions. Something like a Firefox or Java update is probably a good idea to stay current on though.
captain_nemo · 3191 days ago · link ·
I switched to qbittorent just because of the uttorent update
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tauta_krypta · 3191 days ago · link ·
If you use a sufficiently old version of any browser or Java or Flash I can guarantee that any reasonably motivated hacker could find an exploit that'll work for it.