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Re:Chrome Won by kenoph on Monday May 29, 2017 @06:47AM (#14438475)
That's true. But if you want to look at it from the perspective of how laypeople use PCs, the discussion about security is totally different from a purely technical one.

Assuming you know better than installing adware or installing random chrome extensions, Chrome is the most secure browser out there.

Btw, regarding extensions, before Mozilla switched to WebExtensions, you could do nasty stuff like extension-reuse attacks.

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Re:Chrome Won by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @10:21AM (#14445552)
I understand that people at Google tend to think in the "purely technical", but that's why I feel they're so poorly equipped to protect people. They fail to account for the real world, where people do dumb things. It's not okay to build a platform you intend non-technical users to use, and then blame the user for getting exploited when you do nothing to prevent it.
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