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elliotz on March 3, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Downloading Software Safely Is Nearly Impossible

Except that the Linux ISO is not called "Firefox." It would be OK for the Linux distribution to use the Firefox trademark descriptively to say that it includes Firefox, but that's not what these adware vendors are doing. They're calling their "Firefox bundled with some adware" Firefox.

cma on March 3, 2014 [–]

Exactly--if you top off the air gap in a coke bottle with piss you can't go around selling it as Coca Cola.

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