Exodus · by Jonas Schneider · 2026-10-13

The best privacy upgrade is boring: update your stuff

Everyone loves tools. Few love installing updates. Most real-world compromises exploit known bugs that were already fixed. Turn on automatic updates for your phone, laptop, browser, and router. Done. You're ahead of most people.

97 sparks · 7 comments

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Noé Petit · 2 likes

updates > everything. unsexy and true

Brave Rider · 2 likes

router firmware is the one nobody updates. mine was 6 years old

Noé Petit · 2 likes

mine too until last week. oops

Brave Rider · 2 likes

auto-update on and forget. i set mine at 3am

Brave Rider · 2 likes

my mum has never clicked 'later' on an update. she's the most secure person i know

Brave Rider · 1 likes

counterpoint: sometimes updates break stuff or add junk. i read changelogs for major ones

Jonas Schneider · 1 likes

fair, but security patches are a different class