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Re:Google Says 5% of Visitors to Its Sites Have Ad Injectors... by jacquesm on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @10:37AM (#9303904)
Yes, that's an excellent point, I highly doubt anybody verifies what they install end-to-end. We all put a lot of trust in reputations and a couple of checksums.
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Re:Google Says 5% of Visitors to Its Sites Have Ad Injectors... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @10:47AM (#9304003)
Trust is fundamental to society, having a civilization is impossible without it. We shouldn't expect people to verify everything all the time.
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