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1: Firefox always used UAC for updates. Did it wreak havoc? Because believe it or not, UAC = admin rights. That's because Firefox always installed itself in program files.

2: You could exploit Google's update service as well. Do I see flurry exploits around it? Much much smaller code base. Much less complex tasks.

3: A digital signature signs the whole binary. Not parts of the binary. Do you know how this works? There's no such thing such as signing a partial binary.




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