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A browser is a huge attack surface. It's excluded for the same reason Flash and Java are excluded. BTW I think this justifies Microsoft's stance too. The big p

A browser is a huge attack surface. It's excluded for the same reason Flash and Java are excluded. BTW I think this justifies Microsoft's stance too. The big problem is that Microsoft has this nasty track record.

throwaway64 15y ago
so we can trust IE to be much more secure and not have problems?
- Tloewald 15y ago
  No, but ie + other browsers is guaranteed to be less secure than just IE.
  - snupples 15y ago
    Not if you don't use IE
    - Tloewald 15y ago
      IE will be used as a browser widget at API level by third party apps, so using it will be almost unavoidable.
      - pcwalton 15y ago
        I suspect it's likely that apps that wish to use an alternative rendering engine for untrusted content would use IE only for trusted content.