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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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