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by fredsir 2829 days ago
> more secure than Firefox

How so?
1 comments
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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