[ubuntu-in] Gloat Gloat

[Ramnarayan.K]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan
<ashutoshrishi92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Read it through Hacker News pointing to
> http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/microsoft-switch-from-ie-and-your-risk-increases-664429

exactly , it not the bbc link
>
> Its TechRadar, so I thought it to be legitimate. Quoting from that
> article about firefox:
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> Less secure
> "The net effect of switching [from IE] is that you will end up on less
> secure browser," insisted Evans (Microsoft's UK security chief ).
>

and this says the whole story of course M$ security chief is never
going too say move to another browser - its his word against what two
countries have said openly..

> "The risk [over this specific] exploit is minimal compared to Firefox
> or other competing browsers… you will be opening yourself up to
> security issues.
>
> "There are broader risks and issues with other browsers."
 and of course he has no specifics does he ?? what vulnerabilities
exist that have made countries issue a statement saying don't use
opera, firefox safari etc. Zilch

techradar may be credible, but M$ security chief's credibility should
be in doubt.

ram

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