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by Night Wing » 2018-01-06, 13:35
Another reason I'm not in any hurry to install this update in any of my four Windows 7 hard drives is because of what I do with my computers and I'll explain below.
I have three browser but only use two of them mostly. They are in order of preference: Pale Moon, SeaMonkey, Firefox ESR.
1) I do not not store user names or passwords within any browser. I login manually via the keyboard to everything.
2) I do not sync any of my devices either (I have four computers).
3) I do not have any Cloud accounts.
4) I do not do any financial business over the internet (no banking, no brokerage, no credit card transactions, etc). I use a land line telephone to conduct this type of business.
5) I do not do any medical business over the internet (no physicians appointments, no medical portals, etc). I use the same land line telephone.
6) I do not do any governmental business over the internet (no Social Security, no IRS, no county or city jury duty, etc). Again, the same land line telephone.
7) I do not own a smartphone, just an old fashioned 7 year old flip style cell phone which is never connected to the internet.
8) I do not own a tablet so this vulnerability can't affect me.
This is why I am in no hurry to install the patch in any of my four Windows 7 hard drives.
In linux Mint 18.3 (Sylvia) Xfce, I would have to install a different kernel. I'm using in Mint, kernel (4.10.0-38). I have been advised to change to a 4.13.0 kernel. However, in the 4.13 series, there are four different kernels. Basically, 4.13.0-16, 4.13.0-17, 4.13.0-19 and (4.13.0-21). If I choose the wrong kernel, my linux hard drive may not boot. So I've decided to leave well enough alone because of what I do with my browsers in linux which are the same things I (would) do in Windows since I mostly use Linux.
When Linux Mint 19.0 (Tara) in Xfce is publicly released in June of 2018, Mint 19 (which reaches end of life (EOL in April of 2023) will automatically choose the correct 4.13.0 kernel for me for all of my 5 linux hard drives so I won't have to guess. And this is why I am in no rush to fix this vulnerability via any patches since "the sky is not falling in on me".
Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia) Xfce w/ Linux Pale Moon, Linux Waterfox, Linux SeaLion, Linux Firefox
MX Linux 23.2 (Libretto) Xfce w/ Linux Pale Moon, Linux Waterfox, Linux SeaLion, Linux Firefox
Linux Debian 12.5 (Bookworm) Xfce w/ Linux Pale Moon, Linux Waterfox, Linux SeaLion, Linux Firefox