Comments on: Firefox: Web’s Most Insecure Browser?

By: housetier

housetier — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:21:32 +0000

so they count the number of reported vulnerabilities and from that number conclude the “secure-ness” of a program… I know a way to make the whole world of IT secure at an instant: stop reporting vulnerabilities!

No reports, 100% security!

right?

By: bigyaz

bigyaz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:46:45 +0000

@1: Uh, they did it by percentages. You understand percentages, don’t you?

I love Firefox, but it’s very true that the plugin technology has opened up some vulnerabilities.

And guys: You can be a fan of a product without being a closed-minded shill.

By: Cheezwhiz

Cheezwhiz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:26:21 +0000

They forgot to mention that with Firefox, people actually REPORT the bugs instead of ignoring them.

By: Him

Him — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:46:57 +0000

I really like firefox, and it’s my main browser for school, but I prefer Opera. It’s faster, it comes with built in IMAP and POP mail, it has its own chat client, and you can import more kinds of bookmarks. Oh, and the fact that it looks nice is just a bonus.

By: pwscott

pwscott — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:15:10 +0000

I agree with migolli^. I don’t use Firefox but I do understand that any product ships with problems that don’t always get discovered or reported.

By: PaulVI

PaulVI — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:05:47 +0000

Firefox is very insecure. It’s always telling me, “Look at me! I’m infinitely customizable through add-ons! Put your tabs on the side in tree-style! Play music right in the browser! Live bookmarks! No one else has ‘em!”

Seriously, I love Firefox. Just fix the memory leaks, please.

AdBlock and NoScript FTW.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:04:28 +0000

Oops! Thanks llagirl!

By: llagirl

llagirl — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:52:01 +0000

Headline spell check…

By: Domo

Domo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:35:24 +0000

Now test it with NoScript. Its practically a built in feature, so many people use it, much like AdBlockPlus.

By: mjgolli

mjgolli — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:04:46 +0000

Yeah…I’m pretty sure this is reliable news…

Firefox may have more vulnerabilities, but how many are fixed straight away? How long between a report of a problem and when it is fixed? What about zero-day issues?

This company needs to ditch the generalities and do comprehensive research before making these conclusions.

By: I dunno lol

I dunno lol — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:40:47 +0000

You know, they kinda left out how firefox also tops the overall use of browsers… so its not really a big surprise when that goes hand in hand with topping most people complaining