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[ NNSquad ] Comcast Wi-Fi serving self-promotional ads via JavaScript injection
Comcast Wi-Fi serving self-promotional ads via JavaScript injection
(Ars): http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/why-comcasts-javascript-ad-injections-threaten-security-net-neutrality/
Even if Comcast doesn't have any malicious intent, and even if hackers
don't access the JavaScript, the interaction of the JavaScript with
websites could "create" security vulnerabilities in websites, Schoen
said. "Their code, or the interaction of code with other things, could
potentially create new security vulnerabilities in sites that didn't
have them," Schoen said in a telephone interview.
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