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Re:Downloading Software Safely Is Nearly Impossible by sliverstorm on Monday March 03, 2014 @02:41PM (#7335933)
Iceweasel actually modified Firefox, this sounds more like bundling Firefox with other stuff in the same installer package. Vaguely reminiscent of distributing a Linux ISO that installs Firefox, along with other stuff...
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Re:Downloading Software Safely Is Nearly Impossible by elliotz on Monday March 03, 2014 @02:48PM (#7335971)
Except that the Linux ISO is not called "Firefox." It would be OK for the Linux distribution to use the Firefox trademark descriptively to say that it includes Firefox, but that's not what these adware vendors are doing. They're calling their "Firefox bundled with some adware" Firefox.
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Re:Downloading Software Safely Is Nearly Impossible by cma on Monday March 03, 2014 @03:04PM (#7336076)
Exactly--if you top off the air gap in a coke bottle with piss you can't go around selling it as Coca Cola.
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