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Leesburg, VA
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Re: Browser Security Test said by Buddel:IE 6 - the browser you can trust!  What's curious about this is one must enable javascripting (a security issue) in order to take the test.
So, in essence, by merely being able to be tested, one is not fully secure.
I'd love to see a vulnerability listed there- "javascripting is enabled."  |
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 BuddelIf it ain't broke, don't fix it.Premium
join:2004-03-06
EU
kudos:3
2 edits | said by AB:... one is not fully secure... One will NEVER be fully secure. No matter what browser, AV, AT, AS etc. you use, 100% security is something you will never achieve, but you can be pretty close to it. |
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 MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL | said by Buddel:100% security is something you will never achieve Only one way to achieve it. Start->Shutdown (or equivalent on your OS.) |
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ABPremium
join:2006-04-04
Leesburg, VA
kudos:3 Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
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said by Buddel:said by AB:... one is not fully secure... One will NEVER be fully secure. No matter what browser, AV, AT, AS etc. you use, 100% security is something you will never achieve, but you can be pretty close to it. I absolutely agree with you. Yet having javascipt enabled is one of the ways in which our browsing becomes less secure, is it not?
Just one of those "Catch 22" things, I guess, when you have to lessen your security to test to see if you are secure. But curious nonetheless. |
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BuddelIf it ain't broke, don't fix it.Premium
join:2004-03-06
EU
kudos:3 | said by AB:Yet having javascipt enabled is one of the ways in which our browsing becomes less secure, is it not? I agree.
said by AB:Just one of those "Catch 22" things, I guess, when you have to lessen your security to test to see if you are secure. Again, I agree. |
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mysecPremium
join:2005-11-29
kudos:4 | reply to AB
said by AB:Yet having javascipt enabled is one of the ways in which our browsing becomes less secure, is it not?
I browse with javascript enabled and I don't feel less secure.
regards,
-rich
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ABPremium
join:2006-04-04
Leesburg, VA
kudos:3 Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by mysec:said by AB:Yet having javascipt enabled is one of the ways in which our browsing becomes less secure, is it not? I browse with javascript enabled and I don't feel less secure. I'm so happy for you.  |
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mysec
That's because you have some good Apps in place to help prevent infections, plus your skills and alertness. The thing is, Most people out there are not that clued up, so having Scripting enabled in ANY browser, is just One sure way they can and do Keep getting blasted, Often !
Spanner
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | I don't understand advising folks to turn off javascript. Doing that screws up browsing and it is perfectly safe. I have never gotten infected and I have never turned it off. I don't feel scared. |
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 CudniLa Merma - VigiladoPremium,MVM
join:2003-12-20
Someshire
kudos:13 | said by Mele20:I don't understand advising folks to turn off javascript. Doing that screws up browsing and it is perfectly safe. I have never gotten infected and I have never turned it off. I don't feel scared. Javascript unchecked can be as damaging as activex (in allowing malware/spyware). if still using proxo it is probably filtering a lot of bad code.
Cudni
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mysecPremium
join:2005-11-29
kudos:4 | reply to SpannerITWks
said by SpannerITWks: The thing is, Most people out there are not that clued up, so having Scripting enabled in ANY browser, is just One sure way they can and do Keep getting blasted, Often !
My favorite quote:
"Just because Hobbs' shoes are too tight, why should my feet hurt?"
Just because statistics show millions getting blasted, why should that happen to me - or the home users I help? It doesn't.
Why should we have to disable useful functions, like js, and deprive ourselves of useful tools, like email attachments?
It doesn't have to be.
regards,
-rich
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BuddelIf it ain't broke, don't fix it.Premium
join:2004-03-06
EU
kudos:3
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said by Mele20:I don't understand advising folks to turn off javascript. Doing that screws up browsing and it is perfectly safe. I don't think it's perfectly safe but I agree that it screws up browsing, so I do not turn off javascript. Maybe I feel a little bit less secure but at least the sites I go to load the way they should, which is one good reason for me not to turn off javascript. |
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | reply to Cudni
said by Cudni:Javascript unchecked can be as damaging as activex (in allowing malware/spyware). if still using proxo it is probably filtering a lot of bad code. Cudni True. But then the advice, seems to me, should be for people to get Proxo with either Sidki's latest or Grypen's configs. I can't imagine surfing the web without Proxo. It is the one application (besides a browser) that I have to have. You do not have to know how to write scripts for it. Just install it with one of the above configs and use the set that the author recommends for beginners.
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