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minus-squarejulianwgs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·14 hours agoThis is all fine as long as you are not on a throttled connection. I read an blog post a couple of years ago in which the author switched from Arch to Debian for a longer offgrid vacation for this exact reason.
minus-squarejulianwgs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoUpdating your software is the most important action one can take for cyber security, so no. That is not an option. Also the update can fail if you wait too long (mostly GPG keys, which can be fixed)
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoI mean you’ll be fine off grid for a couple months
minus-square0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoCalm down. All updates are not security updates. People can read change logs before deciding to update.
This is all fine as long as you are not on a throttled connection. I read an blog post a couple of years ago in which the author switched from Arch to Debian for a longer offgrid vacation for this exact reason.
Just don’t update
Updating your software is the most important action one can take for cyber security, so no. That is not an option.
Also the update can fail if you wait too long (mostly GPG keys, which can be fixed)
I mean you’ll be fine off grid for a couple months
Calm down. All updates are not security updates. People can read change logs before deciding to update.