To the Editor:
In “Downgrade Your Life” (Sunday Review, Aug. 20), about reducing the intrusive effects of technology at home, Pamela Paul includes some benign choices: switching from an electric to a manual toothbrush, or getting DVDs by mail instead of streaming movies.
But choosing to keep old laptops around — to say nothing of refusing firmware/software updates — is not at all a benign choice. It introduces dangerous security vulnerabilities in a world of billions of connected computers and devices, presenting ripe targets for the spread of malware and other cyber exploits.
MAX DECURTINS, BOSTON
The writer is an information technology professional.
To the Editor:
We live in a world of devices.
They’re quickly becoming our vices.
Life feels like a fiction,
Or just an addiction,
While feeding on each daily crisis.
HAROLD KALLEMEYN, MONTREAL
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