Does this really have to be about the security of IE? Shouldn't this be more about a true lack of diversity? In no way do I think MS has a monopoly on the browser market but they still have the highest market share. That makes it a really big target cause just one exploit can infect a large amount of people. If FF or Chrome was in the same position this story would be about them not IE. FF and Chrome are not in any way exploit proof and they should not be treated as such. Not only is it not IE's fault that company's use IE. They could of updated there code to work with all browser. They could of used a different browser but ultimately they used IE. The browser market is getting ever more diverse and when it balances it self out we wont be reading about this type of stuff as much. Just like in the animal kingdom if a species genetic diversity (lack of browser choices) is so small a virus can wipe out a big chunk of them. So in closing don't blame IE cause it could easily happen to FF or Chrome if they had most market share. Open source or not every thing has exploits.
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Does this really have to be about the security of IE? Shouldn't this be more about a true lack of diversity? In no way do I think MS has a monopoly on the browser market but they still have the highest market share. That makes it a really big target cause just one exploit can infect a large amount of people. If FF or Chrome was in the same position this story would be about them not IE. FF and Chrome are not in any way exploit proof and they should not be treated as such. Not only is it not IE's fault that company's use IE. They could of updated there code to work with all browser. They could of used a different browser but ultimately they used IE. The browser market is getting ever more diverse and when it balances it self out we wont be reading about this type of stuff as much. Just like in the animal kingdom if a species genetic diversity (lack of browser choices) is so small a virus can wipe out a big chunk of them. So in closing don't blame IE cause it could easily happen to FF or Chrome if they had most market share. Open source or not every thing has exploits.