Re:Vivaldi browser v1.8 released, with calendar-style browsi...
by chairmanwow on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @04:06AM
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I wonder if for a company with less security resources than Google, it actually more secure to develop to develop close-sourced? Is source helpful when developing exploits? Intuitively it seems that it would be extremely helpful for the devious minded-individual.
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Re:Vivaldi browser v1.8 released, with calendar-style browsi...
by pjc50 on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @04:38AM
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Security researchers are very used to attacking binaries. The small bit of obscurity you get from hiding the source buys you very little security. And the most insecure internet-facing bits of code of the past decade - Flash and Acrobat PDF viewer - have always been closed source.
Re:Vivaldi browser v1.8 released, with calendar-style browsi...
by SXX on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @04:21AM
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Their browser based on Chromium and when there is source available it's at least possible to see how fast they apply security fixes from upstream. For end-user of product there no way closed source browser can ever be more secure.
Re:Vivaldi browser v1.8 released, with calendar-style browsi...
by smhenderson on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @03:35PM
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Huh, so what it the license then? I notice that 1.8 is the latest version for downloading but on the source page you linked to the latest is 1.7. Do they release source for previous version only?
I looked around a bit and didn't see anything about the license on their site. If I missed it and someone has a link that would be appreciated!
Re:Vivaldi browser v1.8 released, with calendar-style browsi...
by throwaway2048 on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @05:52AM
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to clarify be more secure _because_ it is closed source.