Teeny Tiny Computers

Friday, December 5. 2008

So I read this story:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081204-a100-midget-pc-at-the-local-dollar-store-not-so-fast.html

and can't help but wonder. Do these little machines get security updates? I can't imagine a computer sold for $100 at the grocery store is going to be touting security as one of its features.

People are already horrible about keeping their computers updated, and if you suddenly unleash an army of vulnerable computers upon the world, I can only imagine what that would mean.

Also, it's been a painfully long time since I've posted anything. I do need to find some time in my busy life to keep this blog updated.

Posted by Josh Bressers in Security at 11:11 | Comments (2) | Trackback (1)

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What a crap machine

#1 Héctor Miguel (Homepage) on 2008-12-06 17:31 (Reply)

Lol dude. Not trying to shoot down your thought on security updates, but that wouldn't be the job of the hardware manufacturer. It all depends on what OS is installed on the computer. Dell doesn't issue out Microsoft updates, Microsoft does. If those little netbooks can run Win XP then as long as XP Microsoft keeps pushing out updates they'll be fine.

#2 Joshua Moyers (Homepage) on 2009-02-05 14:57 (Reply)

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