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arcticbull ◴[] No.42143642[source]
Periodic reboots are actually a PCI requirement for payment terminals heh, basically every point of sale on the market reboots every 24h.
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Gigachad ◴[] No.42143696[source]
Seems like a good defence in depth strategy. These days most systems have a pretty good boot chain security, so after a reboot you know the system is in a valid state and any potential malicious changes have been flushed out.
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bugtodiffer ◴[] No.42144910[source]
This is so damn sad. I don't fully get why I have to reboot after kernel updates but accept it, but just every 3 days? Why?
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teekert ◴[] No.42145164[source]
Read. It's only when you don't touch it for 3 days. And I bet if you didn't even touch it for 3 days you won't even notice if it has rebooted or not.
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TeMPOraL ◴[] No.42145414{3}[source]
Sure they would. If the system was for interactive use, it likely requires some login or unlock password. If the system is supposed to respond to external events - such as receiving phone calls when the system in question is a phone - then a reboot will effectively disable it until the user notices.
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1. exe34 ◴[] No.42145561{4}[source]
> receiving phone calls

don't be ridiculous, it's a _smart_ phone.