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> We trust applications like that all the time. Browsers update themselves, Not if you're using a Linux distribution's browser packages (we patch out the auto-
by cyphar 9y ago
> We trust applications like that all the time. Browsers update themselves,
Not if you're using a Linux distribution's browser packages (we patch out the auto-update code because you should always update through the package manager). And distributions build their own binaries, making attacks against builders much harder.
While people might trust auto-updating applications, they really shouldn't. And there are better solutions for the updating problem.