New graphics engine imperils users of Firefox and Chrome

Re:New graphics engine imperils users of Firefox and Chrome by wccrawford on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @09:59AM (#2536434)

Imperils? No. Leaves another possible angle of attack for hackers? Sure. But then, every feature does.

If you want to be safe, use Links on OpenBSD. If you want to browse the web in style, use Chrome and Firefox.

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Re:New graphics engine imperils users of Firefox and Chrome by IDisposableHero on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @11:17AM (#2536749)

every feature ... leaves another possible angle of attack for hackers

Hm, I think the point is that some features are worse than others (larger attack surface, more bugs exposed), and WebGL is particularly bad.

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Re:New graphics engine imperils users of Firefox and Chrome by palish on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @01:12PM (#2537241)

Erm... "Lynx"

whistles innocently

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Re:New graphics engine imperils users of Firefox and Chrome by wccrawford on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @02:40PM (#2537731)

Okay, I'll bite. Why is Lynx better than Links? I was under the impression that Links was the newer one, though I hadn't done much research.

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Re:New graphics engine imperils users of Firefox and Chrome by palish on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @03:45PM (#2538080)

I had no idea that there was a "Links". I thought he meant "Lynx", but misspelled it.

Now I want to write an operating system and name it "Debyan".

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