as in abuses
disapproving
to treat (something that cannot be owned or that everyone has a right to) like a product that can be bought and sold
Do we really want to commodify our water supply? I feel like our culture is being commodified.
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Unlike hijacking, which alters resolution paths, cache poisoning exploits weaknesses in the DNS resolution process itself, enabling large-scale phishing, credential theft and malware distribution.—
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This tactic exploits user trust in familiar sites, allowing attackers to silently breach systems of specific individuals or organizations.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Commodifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commodifies. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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