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Test your browser's safety (according to Microsoft)
- wickedchicken 15y agoNo love if you're running linux :/
- kevinalexbrown 15y agoyeah man, that OS is so unsafe. Better get some Windows!
- barista 15y agoThats not the point. Its Microsoft. Why do you think they care if you run any operating system other than theirs? The point of the website. is: If you are running windows, see how safe your browser is.
- Acen 15y agoThe point of the website. is: If you are running Windows, see how safe our browser is and ignore the other browsers because they're obviously of a lesser value with lower levels of security.
- 51Cards 15y agoSo Firefox 3.6 scores 1.5, Firefox 7.01 scores 2, Chrome Win (14.0.835) scores 2.5, while IE 8 gets a 3? Safari for Windows isn't even recognized.
- TobbenTM 15y agoNeither is Opera. IE 9 gets a 4. (suprise?)
- ajanuary 15y agoChrome 13 scores 2.5. I thought Chrome latest was 14, which definitely addresses some of the missing points from 13.
- sthlm 15y agoYour scores aren't necessarily representative for the browsers you mentioned, as the outcome of some of those tests depend on your browser/system settings.
- dmaz 15y agoThe scores are predetermined, according to http://yourbrowsermatters.org/docs/methodology.pdf http://yourbrowsermatters.org/docs/methodology.pdf Most of the security features that were included in the score are publically documented by the browser manufacturers and the presence can be verified directly through the browser itself. Additionally, tools like the Sys Internals process expirer were used to verify the use of DEP, Protected Mode, and ASLR.
- apaprocki 15y agoDoesn't recognize Firefox 8.
- HannibalLecter 15y agoI'm running Firefox & Noscript, so I have flawless security not 2/4. Fuck you, M$FT.
- ajanuary 15y agoIs it just me, or are the icons in the "old browser" distinctly Chrome-like?
- jjcm 15y agoOnly supports firefox, chrome, and IE it seems.
- kevinalexbrown 15y agoFunny how I get the annoying hit-backbutton-twice effect ... Always the hallmark of a good website ...
- dubcanada 15y agoWhat a load of garbage "Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that protect against arbitrary data execution? Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that randomize the memory layout to make it harder for attackers to find their target?" I got a checkmark on both those. Yet I'm running Mac. I also got an "X" on "Does the browser help protect you from websites that are known to distribute socially engineered malware?" yet I'm running Chrome, and little do Microsoft know but Google keeps an entire db of "socially engineered malware" and disallows you to access it. Good old Microsoft trash browser stats, just like the old IE is the safest browser one.
- barista 15y agoI think the site is about browsers running on Microsoft's OS. Microsoft doesn't need to worry or evaluate browsers on other operating systems. They only want people who are already running windows to evaluate if they are running a safe browser thats it.
- dlikhten 15y agoShows that their test is either shit, or misnamed. If their test is shit that means that this is looking for flags, badly. If it is misnamed that means that they are trying to see if they can execute a specific attack, which fails in osx good i guess...
- pork 15y ago> Good old Microsoft trash browser stats, just like the old IE is the safest browser one. In fairness, running IE6 is soon going to be like running Firefox with NoScript, so it might actually be more safe, just like Lynx.
- dlikhten 15y agoI'm surprised "does your browser's name start with IE and end with 10 (only valid data in between is \s*)?" Double awesome points for checkmark for windows-only features on a mac. I BET once that is discovered the site will browser-sniff. The "known malware" is an interesting thing. That may be pre-canned inside the browser. I rather my browser have that knowlege, and update a master list hourly, than send info to google to ask "is this ok"... IDK what chrome does so can use some citation on this info.
- iamben 15y agoSite doesn't even render in IE6 on XP. Not sure if that's a good thing or not. IE7 on XP scores 1. That's something, I suppose.
- iansinke 15y agotl;dr: Firefox is 2, Chrome is 2.5, IE is 4. (Out of 4, of course. And assuming latest versions.)
- srl 15y agoDoesn't recognize firefox nightly (10) on arch - so it gives me Xs for everything. Excellently done.
- mccutchen 15y ago"We do not have any data for your browser, so we can’t give your browser a score." Chrome 16.0.904.0
- partoa 15y agoGoogle chrome on GNU/Linux, 2.5. Do tell...
- latortuga 15y agoI don't particularly care about the spin that this website puts on various browsers. What I do like about it is that it may convince some users to upgrade their browser. Everyone wins when users pick modern browsers, regardless of which one they choose.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoThis is essentially a measure of how much turd polishing has been applied to your browser. To people who think that furious effort mummifying design faults with a flurry of band-aids is a good substitute for fundamental design quality and objective, external results this is fantastic. To people who think otherwise this is decidedly underwhelming.
- One_adm12 15y agoHA! The most ironic thing is that this tool has Facebook like buttons all over it. Give the state of Facebook privacy and not actually being able to log out. The Facebook buttons are the biggest privacy and security concern, not your browser.
- skada 15y agoI cheated. By changing the user agent of Firefox to IE 8 I got 3 (otherwise 2 for FF).