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minus-squareSocialistVibes01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down4·4 months agoHow many of these security news stories are largely exaggerated by Redmond and its affiliated outlets?
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minus-squarechgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThe last couple were pretty serious. Just because local privilege escalations are pretty common doesn’t mean they aren’t bad.
minus-squarenyan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoActually, you don’t even need Redmond in the equation, just normal media shenanigans. Doomsday warnings sell more newspapers ad impressions than “Minor security issue here, patch when available.”
How many of these security news stories are largely exaggerated by Redmond and its affiliated outlets?
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The last couple were pretty serious. Just because local privilege escalations are pretty common doesn’t mean they aren’t bad.
Actually, you don’t even need Redmond in the equation, just normal media shenanigans. Doomsday warnings sell more
newspapersad impressions than “Minor security issue here, patch when available.”