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by pletnes 3129 days ago
I wonder why they did - FF was always safer in so many ways, helping you instead of the advertisers, having a separate certificate store made it safe against nasty BIOS level viruses, etc etc
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> having a separate certificate store made it safe against nasty BIOS level viruses

Sorry but that’s just wishful thinking. In this regard Firefox is less of a target than Chrome/Internet Explorer because it isn’t the dominant monoculture, similar to how Mac OS is less of a target than Windows. That doesn’t mean its safe.

Firefox cannot be a dominant monoculture like windows can. It is not an operating system.