Google Barks Back At Microsoft Over Chrome Frame Security

CWmike writes "Google hit back at Microsoft on Friday, defending the security of its new Chrome Frame plug-in and claiming that the software actually makes Internet Explorer safer and more secure. 'Accessing sites using Google Chrome Frame brings Google Chrome's security features to Internet Explorer users,' said a Google spokesman today. 'It provides strong phishing and malware protection, absent in IE6, robust sandboxing technology [in IE6 and on Windows XP], and defenses from emerging online threats that are available in days rather than months.' On Thursday, Microsoft warned users that they would double their security problems by using Chrome Frame, the plug-in that provides better JavaScript performance and adds support for HTML 5 to Microsoft's browser."

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[WED Fan]

I tested this plug-in:

• On /. without plug-in, using IE8, I get no errors.
• On /. with FF, I get no errors.
• On /. with plug-in, using IE8, I get DEP errors.
• On other sites, with plug-in, using privacy mode, I get multiple IE crashes.
• On the same sites, disable the plug-in, in privacy mode, no errors.

I don't know about making it less secure, but it sure causes a bunch of "recovered" tabs and multiple errors.

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