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Re:Update on campaign targeting security researchers by ronsor on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:42PM (#26656067)
If Microsoft suddenly disabled all IE installations in South Korea, they'd have no choice but to change. Sometimes I wonder if the Apple-style "this just won't work at all anymore" attitude isn't that bad.
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Re:Update on campaign targeting security researchers by eptcyka on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:55PM (#26656131)
It has its places, given the correct trade-off, it works well. Not allowing flash was good because iOS was a growing market with no preexisting businesses relying on flash on iOS to work.
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Re:Update on campaign targeting security researchers by fshbbdssbbgdd on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:48PM (#26656485)
Sounds like a great way for Microsoft to lose a lot of market share fast.
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Re:Update on campaign targeting security researchers by mimsee on Thursday April 01, 2021 @02:18AM (#26657167)
There's no ActiveX on macOS or Linux either.
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