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RexRollman
on Sept 14, 2011
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UTorrent.com compromised, malware added to install...
If I recall correctly, Google is facing a patent lawsuit over the Courgette technology. I don't remember if the complainant was a patent troll or not.
itsnotvalid
on Sept 14, 2011
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Whatever the outcome would be, that is enough to stop people from using this piece of open source software to provide safer updates.
morsch
on Sept 14, 2011
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As stated above, courgette doesn't provide safer updates, just smaller ones. It's just a really smart executable binary diff. Signing the update is an orthogonal issue.
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