Episode 196 - Pounding square solutions into round holes: forced updates from Ubuntu

Josh and Kurt talk about automatic updates. Specifically we discuss a recent decision by Ubuntu to enable forced automatic updates. There are lessons here for the security community. We have a history of jumping to solutions rather than defining and understanding problems. Sometimes our solutions aren't the best. Also murder bees. Show Notes The Oatmeal giant bee comic Honeybees cook giant hornet Ubuntu 20.04 LTS' snap obsession has snapped me off of it Forum discussion

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