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by user17843 2537 days ago
The topic we are talking about doesn't imply the question of no security vs. high security, it is way more nuanced, and most Waterfox users probably enjoy a very high level of security due to the content blockers they use.

Also I think my claim that browser diversity actually increases security of the bigger system as a whole is correct, because I did mention it is only valid for non-targeted attacks.

There would be no financially viable way I can think of of targeting waterfox users with code on a website, because there are basically no waterfox users. Even if you manage to include some malware code somewhere on the most used websites, you will probably not get more than a handful of waterfox users to compromise their system.

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> which is exactly why Waterfox has so many users.

> there are basically no waterfox users

1. from the perspective of firefox forks (Waterfox has around 200-300k daily users, which is a lot in this context)

2. from the perspective of the entire web (Waterfox has only around 200-300k daily users, which isn't a lot in this context)