[technion]

Awesome. A guide written in 2019 from the FBI that suggests Internet Explorer.

[fortran77]

I would assume they're recommending Edge now. We switched from IE to Edge around that time; and our company is very security conscious because of our clients.

[RNCTX]

I would assume you're wrong. I don't think you appreciate how many government websites run ancient software sold to them by a politician's cousin, who thinks even having a developer on staff is a waste of money.

[throwaway743]

They also run ancient shit that was promoted internally. Not to mention how many sites/tools are outsourced to vendors who then outsource development to foreign development vendors.

To clarify, this is concerning from a security standpoint and is not out of xenophobic bigotry.

[dessant]

"Life is too short to depend on unstable software"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29209353

[msisk6]

Yep, as late as earlier this year there's a ton of stuff inside the DHS that still requires IE and flash.

[havkd]

What’s wrong with internet explorer? It’s still in active support.

[technion]

It's actively supported by a company who themselves recommend against it and described its use as technical debt (in 2019)

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/t...

[Wowfunhappy]

They didn’t say not to use IE, just to restrict IE’s use to specific applications where it’s needed. The FBI has technical debt too!

[Aeolun]

I think the problem is that you have to clarify it's still in active support

[havkd]

So you’re against LTS releases I suppose?

[hollander]

2001 called - either you're with us or you're against us.

[tata71]

Depends which one you use, how many years out of security updates is your openssh package...?

[tata71]

What site is this?, wow

[throwaway743]

You must be trolling