Re:Microsoft duplicates data from Firefox without asking
by 51Cards on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @12:07PM
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I think this was done initially because it was being hijaaked by malware. Malicious applications were getting into systems then changing the default handlers to insert themselves into the system processes.
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Re:Microsoft duplicates data from Firefox without asking
by smileybarry on Thursday June 25, 2020 @09:49PM
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Right, lots of Chromium-based adware browsers would accidentally be installed and set themselves as default, and the user -- who used Chrome until now -- wouldn't suspect anything's different. (Except his search results look a little different)