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Comment by venomsnake

> The only real problem here is not checking the validity certs. (Which is an incredibly serious problem.)

There are other problems. I am not sure where the third party doctrine will stand, but you are trusting all of your secure connections to a third party with full consent.

If avast get subpoenaed and their software has called home, which any antivirus does - they must collect new samples all the time - this could spell trouble.

parent venomsnake 11 years ago

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