bobince
join:2002-04-19
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| reply to Mele20
Re: Ebates Moe Money Maker
I'm as much of a fan of Firefox as the next guy, but this reasoning is completely absurd, and shared only by CoolWebSearch themselves [some of whose exploits install eBates].
Their excuse on their 'help pages' is invariably "it's not my fault if Microsoft leaves holes in their browsers", which is about as convincing as "it's not my fault I robbed your house, your back door lock can be picked".
Exploitation of browser security holes is ILLEGAL. eBates are indirectly paying their affiliates for committing illegal acts. You CANNOT 'decline' a download that happens automatically due to security holes. Plus of course there is software that bundles TopMoxie without any notice whatsoever, let alone the opportunity to 'decline' it.
Non-IE browsers are not magically immune to security holes. CoolWebSearch have also used a Sun Java VM flaw in the past, which would happily work on Firefox, for example. Would the user be at fault then? |
