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by perfunctory 2829 days ago
I really puzzles me how could anyone have ever trusted Chrome.
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r00fus 2829 days ago
Originally when they created a webkit (instead of blink) engine, it was a bit more above-board.

But then hubris and greed have done their usual job now that Chrome is the default.

Personally browse using Safari + FF on macOS.

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nandshab 2829 days ago
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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fredsir 2829 days ago
> more secure than Firefox

How so?

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nandshab 2829 days ago
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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fredsir 2829 days ago
IIRC, that's all in place, and has been for quite a while.
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symtos 2829 days ago
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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