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I think chrome has better security model, sandboxing... But Firefox seems to have much better security when it comes to reviewing extensions. Some popular exte

by urtuti 2y ago

I think chrome has better security model, sandboxing... But Firefox seems to have much better security when it comes to reviewing extensions. Some popular extensions go through approval and source code review on every release. Chrome Play store does not seems to have that. Google incentive even goes against something like UBlock. If extension gets sold, or developer account compromised, we may get widely distributed malware!

vmfunction 2y ago
>I think chrome has better security model, sandboxing... It also worth to mention that Firefox is built with Rust, and Chrome mostly C/C++.
- vanviegen 2y ago
  Isn't Firefox still mostly C++ as well?
  - wepple 2y ago
    Yes. And Chrome has made efforts to support Rust.
sciurus 2y ago
Firefox has extensive sandboxing. See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Sandbox https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Sandbox for some info, to although I'm not sure that page is up to date
sfmike 2y ago
then why can firefox do containers so well (which is why i use it) and chrome can't sandbox this?
- urtuti 2y ago
  Unrelated things. Each page runs in separate memory space. Chrome had this from the begging for more than a decade, Firefox added very recently https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/firefox-debuts-improved-process-isolation-to-reduce-browser-attack-surface https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/firefox-debuts-improved-p...