Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages
by icebraining on Sunday December 10, 2017 @07:33AM
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I think the move to open-source the code was a ham-fisted way to get the "we're modifying copyrighted documents in flight" part past the lawyers. It's admittedly a pretty decent legal move.
I don't get it, how does that work?
The random classList polyfill at the bottom was a nice touch. As I scrolled to this bit I was initially like "oh this'll be nice they encrypted some of--oh. :("
My favorite bit was the "this detects the browser type and version" snippet that was copyrighted 2001. Nice!
I think the move to open-source the code was a ham-fisted way to get the "we're modifying copyrighted documents in flight" part past the lawyers. It's admittedly a pretty decent legal move.