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Google Chrome Developers On Browser Security

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the never-ending-war-of-escalation dept.

CowboyRobot writes "Developers of Google's Chrome browser have spoken up in an article describing their approach to keeping the browser secure, focusing on minimizing the frequency, duration, and severity of exposure. One tool Chrome uses is a recently open-sourced update distribution application called 'Omaha.' 'Omaha automatically checks for software updates every five hours. When a new update is available, a fraction of clients are told about it, based on a probability set by the team. This probability lets the team verify the quality of the release before informing all clients.'"

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  1. ad block plpus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    how about how chrome kills unrelated software - *cough* adblock plus on seamonkey *cough*

  2. Omaha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Am I the only who miss read that as 'Obama'?