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However, with some quick googling it looks like (in the last couple years anyways) Firefox is just as unsafe to use as Chrome. Looks like Chrome actually had t
by BenjiWiebe 1y ago
However, with some quick googling it looks like (in the last couple years anyways) Firefox is just as unsafe to use as Chrome.
Looks like Chrome actually had the most recent RCE only requiring someone to click a link.
- IlikeKitties 1y agoBoth are giant C++ codebases executing random code of the internet. Of course they are both security nightmares. But Chrome has significant hardening that Firefox lacks [0]. Also, most recent CVE is a terrible metric. [0] https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.ht...
- BenjiWiebe 1y agoI know, but I was trying to find vulnerabilities that could meaningfully hurt me, and imperfect hardening that hasn't yet/knowingly been exploited isn't super important to me. I don't have government-funded security researchers out to get me. I hope.
- homebrewer 1y agoHow much of that is due to the difference in the amount of attention paid to each code base, do you reckon? If you're a security researcher, spending months of work on a browser with market share of more than 90% makes a lot more sense than on a browser with a market share of 2%, unless you're going after a specific individual who you know for sure uses that specific browser.
- BenjiWiebe 1y agoDefinitely a lot of it - however, isn't it reasonable to assume that the bad guys also target Chrome more, for the same reasons? Except of course the targeted attacks.