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And why the hell should the browser act as an antivirus?. It's a browser, not an antivirus, it should assume the user knows what he's doing, not treat him like
by sandov 8y ago
And why the hell should the browser act as an antivirus?. It's a browser, not an antivirus, it should assume the user knows what he's doing, not treat him like a toddler.
It's just a huge annoyance with no considerable benefit.
- konceptz 8y agoIn the web security space its typically called the browser security model and there are differences between browsers. The browser is not just a portal forwarding/displaying the intentions of the developers. If you want to see one of the more obvious examples look at the same origin policy and how it’s implemented across browsers. Having said that, I do agree that browsers shouldn’t implement lots of crazy features but I personally don’t mind if they have some kind of malicious file scanning feature.
- Sidious 8y agoHow likely do you think it is that this has something to do with some of the organisations 'donating' to Mozilla? As anti-piracy lobbying for instance.
- phobosdeimos 8y agoAs an advanced user you can disable a lot of "helpful" features. Including safe browsing. Its in about:config Browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled Just set it to false IF you consider yourself a poweruser.