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		yaix on July 4, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Shutdowns Continue: iGoogle, Google Video, ... Attacks: I would guess that is dealt with on a netwok level for all of Google, not individually per app. Plugins: Just drop the external sources that change their APIs. Accounts: Accounts are managed by Google Accounts, not by individual apps. iGoogle is mainly a client-side script that displays small amounts of data. Still think there is not much "maintaining" to do.

Daniel_Newby on July 4, 2012 [–]

It is client side in the www.google.com domain. Meaning it can potentially attack other services in that domain like, oh, most other Google services. You'd want more than just a lone intern watching over it in his spare time.

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