Cool!
What happens with the stuff it DOESN'T notify you about? And is that pipe bi-directional? Just something else for the crackers to exploit; it's only a matter of time.
The answer seems obvious, I have to go look for those updates. I'm guessing that I recieve ALL updates that affect my computer/configuration, but I don't know that for a fact.
And is that pipe bi-directional?
Non-techie here, BUT, I think the downloads occur as a result of my registering the product, they keep track of what updates occur, and which ones I have received. Thats my estimation of what happens. I don't think it's a two way pipe.
Just something else for the crackers to exploit; it's only a matter of time.
Without a doubt, which is why I use a firewall. Not that it can't be broken through, but frankly, I don't have anything worth stealing. Just like in real(physical) life, those who have more to protect need to spend more money to protect their assets. A bank, for example, needs to spend more on security to protect the money they have on hand than I do. I have a $100 lock on my front door, the bank a $100,000 lock on their vault.
I like the feature, as I've said before, MS has made my life simpler. I suspect that posters like DH have some sort of axe to grind.