There Is No Safe Web Browser

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 27, 2005 @07:48AM from the internet-is-a-scary-place dept.

Michael writes "David Sheets has up an interesting article on browser security, and I have to agree with his conclusion: no web browser is safe. The article details the recent Netscape fiasco, and touches on the whole Firefox/Internet Explorer debate. From the article: 'So if it sounds as if we're all at the mercy of hackers just looking for some new challenge, that's partially true. As law enforcement officers will tell you, crime finds you if it wants you bad enough, no matter what preventative measures you take. But the vast majority of criminals have an Achilles' heel: They prefer convenience to challenge. For now, it's more convenient for them to pick on Internet Explorer.'"

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Uh.....Lynx? by GeoNerd · 2005-05-27 07:52 · Score: 0, Redundant

Lynx is pretty safe...definitely haven't gotten any spyware from it.
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Re:Lynx is safe by advocate_one · 2005-05-27 08:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

htf can the first topic related post get modded redundant???

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