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Re: Firefox is the Most Vulnerable Application in 2008
One solution, at least for me and others who have that capability, is to put matunga  on ignore. But then the entire topic would disappear, and I wouldn't be able to read the replies that totally and thoroughly debunk his FUD. This of course is where the entertainment value of reading one of his threads comes in.
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BinaryXtreme
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Jesus. Another post from you about how crappy Firefox is? Are you trying to prove something? If I search I can give you crap on any app but you're on a rant regarding FF. Get over it? |
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La Luna
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said by Trel :The one other problem is many times he lists a vulnerability that has already been fixed and a new version released. However, never once has his post included that information. That, in my mind, is the biggest disservice with all his criticism of FF. He never, EVER, posts the patch or work around or fix, which is almost always included in the very article he links to.
If he was really posting to be helpful or just informative, he would include that information in the original post. Since he doesn't, it's obvious he has another agenda, one that has potential to be harmful to those who only stumble through here, read his post and leave with the WRONG information. Not everyone clicks on his links and finds out the "vulnerability" has been taken care of.
Since he knows none of us are going to bite, I can only conclude that he is purposely targeting new/inexperienced people or those who accidently stumble upon his "cry wolf" threads via some search engine.
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| said by La Luna :said by Trel :The one other problem is many times he lists a vulnerability that has already been fixed and a new version released. However, never once has his post included that information. That, in my mind, is the biggest disservice with all his criticism of FF. He never, EVER, posts the patch or work around or fix, which is almost always included in the very article he links to. If he was really posting to be helpful or just informative, he would include that information in the original post. Since he doesn't, it's obvious he has another agenda, one that has potential to be harmful to those who only stumble through here, read his post and leave with the WRONG information. Not everyone clicks on his links and finds out the "vulnerability" has been taken care of. Since he knows none of us are going to bite, I can only conclude that he is purposely targeting new/inexperienced people or those who accidently stumble upon his "cry wolf" threads via some search engine. He also does not post that Firefox has an auto update feature so most users do get the latest version, not the earlier more vulnerable one. To say Firefox is more vulnerable because they release updates to fix it is standing logic on its head. |
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Cheeze, this is getting ridiculous, folks around here KNOW how to lock & Load and people reading this BS, actually begin to believe they might have a problem because people buy into this crap, from some of the regulars here.
I want to see more threads about how to help those that need it, get firmed up; rather than these stupid damn scare tactics.
How about a thread on how to use email, lock your favourite browser down and tweak systems to make them secure. How about leaving idiot threads regards "How can I scare the crap outa you, with no end in sight".
Get back to security and leave the "Scare small children" for those less interested in helping others.
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Doctor Four
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Re: Firefox is the Most Vulnerable Application in 2008
Now it appears that this story is being spread as legit. by ZDnet's Zero Day blog, even though it is a thinly veiled marketing attempt: »blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2304
A response from the Mozilla Security blog, which states that the study is completely flawed: »blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/1···metrics/
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