Re:Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy fea...
by DiabloD3 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:06PM
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What he said isn't even entirely wrong... both adware and shitty ISPs do this, mostly as a vector for malware. Google has admitted as such, and migrating their ad platform to https and teaching Chrome and Firefox to refuse mixed content was part of not allowing their service to be abused for this.
Just because Google sells something we don't like doesn't mean they're evil, but it means they have a responsibility to limit the attack surface outside attackers use. There is no way to eliminate all attack surface while still allowing third party admins or closed source code (technically, its impossible period, but w/e).
Just because Google sells something we don't like doesn't mean they're evil, but it means they have a responsibility to limit the attack surface outside attackers use. There is no way to eliminate all attack surface while still allowing third party admins or closed source code (technically, its impossible period, but w/e).