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"We have a difficulty keeping Safari secure, so we shouldn't let anyone else build a browser since it might be even less secure" does not seem like a convincing
by jsnell 5y ago
"We have a difficulty keeping Safari secure, so we shouldn't let anyone else build a browser since it might be even less secure" does not seem like a convincing argument. It is the opposite: people whose incentives are to make good browsers would clearly make a better job of this than the company that has been working to cripple the web for a decade.
- GeekyBear 5y agoThe ability to load and execute code from random places is dangerous. From today: >A fake two-factor-authentication app that has been downloaded some 10,000 times from Google Play surreptitiously installed a known banking-fraud trojan that scoured infected phones for financial data and other personal information, security firm Pradeo said. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/2fa-app-with-10000-google-play-downloads-loaded-well-known-banking-trojan/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/2fa-a...