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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by nandshab on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:06AM (#18064913)
I've never trusted Chrome but it was (and still is to a degree) faster and more secure than Firefox, so here we are
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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by fredsir on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:24AM (#18065020)
> more secure than Firefox

How so?

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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by nandshab on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:29AM (#18065044)
For example for a long time Firefox didn't have process separation, sandboxing, etc. Basic features. I don't know how it is now
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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by fredsir on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:33AM (#18065068)
IIRC, that's all in place, and has been for quite a while.
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Re:Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to de... by symtos on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:46AM (#18065141)
Another reason is that the official Firefox builds for at least GNU/Linux doesn't employ standard exploit mitigations (stack canaries, position independent code, read-only GOT).
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