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How big a security risk is it, really? Firefox Mobile apparently has a 0.66% usage share, which is lower than desktop Linux, and desktop Linux anecdotally is pr
by 4bpp 7y ago
How big a security risk is it, really? Firefox Mobile apparently has a 0.66% usage share, which is lower than desktop Linux, and desktop Linux anecdotally is pretty much a non-target for malware authors. I, for my part, blocked my FF Mobile autoupdates upon reading this and am not going to lose a lot of sleep over the possibility that some malicious website would choose to target me over the Chrome/Safari users.
(I would also suspect, without concrete evidence, that an average default mobile browser user has more valuable data on their phone - Firefox seems like the browser of choice for the same sort of refuseniks who would still do most of their online banking and what-not on PC only rather than installing their bank's app)
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoI agree, particularly if the OS itself is up to date, but it's kind of irrelevant—if GP wants the web to keep working, they'll have to upgrade relatively soon.