Null User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years ago“Clearly predatory”: Western Digital sparks panic, anger for age-shaming HDDsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10cross-posted to: selfhosting@slrpnk.nettech@partizle.comdatahoarder
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-link“Clearly predatory”: Western Digital sparks panic, anger for age-shaming HDDsarstechnica.comNull User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: selfhosting@slrpnk.nettech@partizle.comdatahoarder
minus-squareLanmanager@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 years agoThat might backfire on WD. I wonder if people will be posting pics of successive warnings like a trophy. Like sometime posting screenshots of router uptimes.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoWhen I see long uptimes, my first and pretty much only thought is of unpatched vulnerabilities.
minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoEh, depends on the purpose of the device and what it’s running. Many Linux/Unix kernels don’t need reboot to restart services after updates.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThey do have to reboot to apply kernel updates, and kernels have their share of vulnerabilities.
That might backfire on WD. I wonder if people will be posting pics of successive warnings like a trophy. Like sometime posting screenshots of router uptimes.
When I see long uptimes, my first and pretty much only thought is of unpatched vulnerabilities.
Eh, depends on the purpose of the device and what it’s running. Many Linux/Unix kernels don’t need reboot to restart services after updates.
They do have to reboot to apply kernel updates, and kernels have their share of vulnerabilities.