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FireFox as a Security Risk Compared to IE?

Posted by Cliff on from the that's-just-silly-talk dept.

A not-so anonymous Anonymous Coward asks: "The administrator at my work gave me the following reason for not using Mozilla. What do you think? 'FireFox is a security risk. Please refrain from using it. Please continue to use IE 6.0. IE is our only supported browser. FireFox saves encrypted pages to disk and does not give you override capability. It also does not allow automatic cache clearing when closing a browser. These are security risks.'" Do any of you have information that could be used to contradict the administrators information on FireFox? Are there configuration options one can reach from about:config that a user can use to address the problem this administrator has cited?

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  1. Re:MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Get your own mod points!?

    The mod system is supposed to be METAinformation. People yelling at moderators does not help anything.

    When you have mod points, use 'em. When you don't, SHUT UP.

    Thank you.

    (This message brought to you by a person suffering severe coffee withdrawal.)

  2. Re:MOD PARENT UP by empaler · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (This message brought to you by a person suffering severe coffee withdrawal.) ... who should be modded up ;p

    I'm getting very tired of shouting idiots. There should be a free moderation when you're eligible: -1 STFU...