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Not as far as I know... I could run a server that serves up HTML/JS and if that JS was modified by an attacker who hacked the server, consumers of my HTML/JS wouldn't know regardless of whether it's served up on HTTPS or not. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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If the server is compromised you're SOL.

That is not true if you're using code signing. If someone compromises the server, they can overwrite the files, but they cannot forge code signing without additional access to code signing private keys.

Security is achieved through layers. No single layer can protect you from everything, but we lay down the gauntlet in the hopes that an attacker will encounter a road block that they cannot pass.

Exactly. That's why I'm advocating for a signed JavaScript/HTML/webapp standard of some sort.

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