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		anonymars 73 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data Don't forget to channel Ken Thompson ("Reflections on Trusting Trust") -- you can read the source code, but where did you get the compiler?

fsflover 72 days ago [–]

This can be mitigated by Bootstrappable builds: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41368835

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