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Do you know how it and the alert system works?
No. I was just making an observation and asking a question.
I brought this up when it was implemented, i even believe the alert systems on all coin clients are a vector of some sort. But when you truly understand how it works its no more of a threat then the developers becoming dishonest and inserting nefarious code in the binaries and source code.
To answer your question though, both systems (alert and news) require security keys.
BEAUTIFULLY explained. At first I was like, "IF the news was an attack vector it would be the least likely candidate and would really be more of a phishing attempt if anything." I rather liken it to RSS in my own head, except people can't just add to it like a Hacker News or Reddit RSS. Joe Ivanov couldn't submit a .ru and expect it to get posted.