Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Aug 2009 12:42 UTC
Another instalment of Ask OSNews. A reader sent us in a question about browser security and privacy. "Could you please advise me and your readers on what you consider to be the safest web browser? I am considering the term 'safe' from both a privacy and security stand point."
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2006-01-09
Which kind of goes with the whole dirty hippy aspect of the open source movement and zealous fanboyism.
"Proves" seems a bit of a long shot to me.
For one thing, the closed sector include bugs that are publicly found; whereas the open sector includes both the publicly found bugs AND the privately found ones.
Least ways it's just plain hard to know for certain how comparable things really are.
There are aspects of browsers that are inherently messy (3+ languages in a single HTML source file) and militate against engineered security.
One thing that is a litmus test is the persistent focus on the subject in hand by the authors. OpenBSD has it - but not for browsers. MicroSoft went to sleep for far too long with IE6 and have still have grubby credentials.
It may seem harsh on MS but there are many web developers HAVING to retain IE6 compatibility - even now!!
It's a modern equivalent to Keynes idea of digging a hole to make work. Damn - shouldn't have said that - Keynes is back in fashion!!!