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My general rule of thumb is that any software update has a 50% chance of making the software worse. So I don't update anything without a good reason. That includes not just device updates but things like phone apps.
Keeping up-to-date with security updates is incredibly important.
Every CVE I flip a coin.
Makes life more exciting.
But not so much for the printers...
Printer botnet goes brr.
Printers always go brr.
Unless they're HP, then they only go brr if you buy their ink. And apparently Brother now too.
I’ve never had an issue with viruses, I’m not a big company nor do I download sketchy files. I feel like if there’s something serious enough to affect me (like the iPhone Unicode character exploit), I’d hear about it.
You'll never have an issue until you do. Not to mention all the issues you don't know about.
Yeah this is terrible from a security and usability point of view. Just stop using proprietary bs systems. Why do you think so many technical people use Linux and avoid IoT devices like the plague? So we don't have to deal with companies doing stuff we don't like without a choice.