Jay Garcia wrote:
If Mozilla is the only one supplying the updates then how do you figure that's a dangerous move, i.e., How is malware,etc. going to get injected into a Mozilla-0nly supplied update? By your thinking, Microsoft automatic updates are also "dangerous".
Without taking a position either way, how does the user know it's really Mozilla supplying the update? Is there some kind of authentication process, or do we just have to close our eyes and trust?
If I were a malware author, I would LOVE to be able to tap into one of these update pipelines and infect millions of trusting users within hours. But I'm not, so I don't understand what safeguards are in place, if any.
I was briefly an AOHell sufferer in the days Phillip describes, and I absolutely HATED having my computer taken captive without notice and without my consent to install something they thought was essential. Fortunately, that's not Mozilla's way.
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