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Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the warning-is-years-late-in-coming dept.

LWATCDR writes "I have been saying this for a long time but now it is offical. From Yahoo News: 'The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm this week when it recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.'" In related news, rocketjam writes "According to Wired, the widespread Internet Explorer security exploit last week and CERT's subsequent recommendation that IE users should consider switching to another browser has resulted in a large spike in downloads of the Mozilla Organization's Mozilla and Firefox web browsers."

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  1. Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    The difference is that youpaid MS for their software, so they should be liable up to the retail value of their useless software.

    I agree. You should be entitled to the full price of Internet Explorer. Oh wait.. they offer it for free. Hmm..

    Oh, I see. You have to have Windows to use IE, so you get that $$ s well. But wait, you also need a CPU. And ram. And a display of some sort. And electricity, Damn. Microsoft should be held liable for the entire cost of your existence because they keep releasing a crappy web-browsing application.

    Or maybe, comsumers should make some intelligent decisions in their lives and take some responsibilty when the shit hits the fan, instead of always looking for a scapegoat. But nah.. that's be too difficult.