Subnostr

Speaking to an uncle, who works freelance in the tech industry for some of the larger companies, he raised some of his fears and predictions based on what occurred with crowdstrike the other day.

His main fear, in my layman's understanding and description, is a worldwide update that shuts off systems, as we witnessed lately and also prevents any further updates to repair the problem.

#crowdstrike #microsoft #grownostr

phil 1y ago

In this case it was Crowdstrike which is mainly used by larger companies, but it is possible that a general Windows update could do the same thing and would have a much larger impact. The same thing could happen with other devices (phones etc) that receive automatic updates.

The Crowdstrike issue basically did prevent further updates as the system wouldn’t boot until someone who had physical access could boot into safe mode and delete the problematic file. Recoverable but a lot of work for IT departments..

The other thing this issue demonstrated is that there are a lot of systems running Windows that would probably be better off using some sort of cut down Linux distribution. Things like electronic billboards etc should not need Windows with Crowdstrike..

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Nostralian 1y ago

It's a troubling thought, a bigger more widespread issue. He said he delays any updates for those he works for or has them turned off, so that he can see what happens to other systems before his is impacted.

phil 1y ago

Yeah at least with general Windows updates they can be delayed so hopefully you don’t get the same sort of impact that the Crowdstrike update had.