Why do you think it is important to update software? Windows anyhow pushes updates to us, but there are other pieces of software.
The Mac also gets updates, although I don’t think it pushes updates to you.
IOS pushes updates to you.
Android … that’s another story.
How about your apps? The ones on your phone get updates, so do your windows apps too, although they should be phoning home and asking if it needs to be updated.
“But Jared,” you start, “I don’t want the latest as it can break accessibility.”
I feel you. There have been some apps in the app store that indeed break accessibility. Shame on those apps!
But if done correctly, updates to Windows, Mac, and your various apps whether it is windows or mac have updates to plug security holes that may be known to actors.
There are two terms that track bugs. They are:
Both are described on their pages, but one deals with the scores these bugs get and the other is dealing with sevarity type like low, medium and high. If I’ve confused these, someone please ping and correct me!
On this week’s podcast, we’ll talk about why software gets updated and it isn’t just from your operating system and why it should be part of your strategy on being safe online.
Hope to see you Wednesday!
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