Why it is so important for all application builders to always check data received from unknown sources, such as web applications, before using that data?

The already-long problem on hacking and other security-related cases necessitates for the application builders to check the data received from unknown sources. To further strengthen the security, even data received from known sources also need to be check as these may also contain harmful viruses creating critical problem to the application. 

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