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tru3_power on June 21, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinba...

I’m confused what do you mean? Fixing security vulns can often times lead to regressions since overtime users become dependent on a behavior that relies on a insecure behavior.

staticassertion on June 21, 2019 | [–]

Secure behaviors should generally trump API guarantees.

bscphil on June 21, 2019 | [–]

Your parent comment didn't say security fixes couldn't lead to regressions, they said security vulns themselves aren't regressions.

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