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As Firefox is my primary browser, I'd be happier if it was part of this competition. But it's fair for the organizers to not want to part with their prize mone
by tux1968 11y ago
As Firefox is my primary browser, I'd be happier if it was part of this competition. But it's fair for the organizers to not want to part with their prize money for a browser that hasn't been hardened much since the previous contest.
- rockdoe 11y agofor a browser that hasn't been hardened much This claim is oft repeated, but the only reasons people seem to say it is that multiprocess + sandbox is not in release Firefox (it's in Nightly/Aurora/Beta). That doesn't necessarily make it true. There's been some blogs since about how the JS <-> C++ sandbox has actually been significantly strengthened, but people just ignore truths that don't fit their preconceptions. IE/Edge and Chrome also have sandboxes, and they still get cracked every Pwn2Own.
- pjmlp 11y agoIf it isn't in released, it isn't in the majority of people's computers. Normal people don't install development versions. A sandbox isn't full proof, but it is way better than not having anything.