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So basically your argument is that security is better on IE because you "trust" MS more than Google. (no proof) I don't know how you came to this conclusion, b

So basically your argument is that security is better on IE because you "trust" MS more than Google. (no proof) I don't know how you came to this conclusion, but I don't need to trust in Google because I can check the source code myself (link: http://www.chromium.org/ http://www.chromium.org/) And yes, they have a near monopoly on advertising, but in this case they are not using their advertising network to boost their Chrome installs. (even if they did it would be legal as long as they don't discriminate against their competition)

josteink 13y ago
So basically your argument is that security is better on IE because you "trust" MS more than Google. (no proof) My argument is that IE, assuming everything else equal, is safer than Chrome. Yes. This is because I do trust that local software I run on my PC, without 200 known or unknown "(Google) cloud integrations" will leak less information about me to third parties than a browser with all those integrations, present and enabled by default. Did you know Chrome by default lets web-apps stay in the background even after you think you have exited your browser? Oh. You didn't? Well that's certainly not creepy, isn't it? When that browser to top it off is created by a company whose business model is gathering information about you and using that to sell ads, there's really not much to add. Those are facts. And from those facts, I can deduce that me and my privacy are most likely much safer using the browser not made by the advertising company. Do you honestly find that unreasonable? I don't know how you came to this conclusion, but I don't need to trust in Google because I can check the source code myself You are confusing Chromium for Chrome. Chromium is definitely open-source, but that's probably used by a overwhelming 0.1% minority. Most users are using Chrome, which is definitely 100% closed source and there is no guarantee that Google doesn't add any secret or additional proprietary bits into it outside what is found in Chromium. Chrome is about as open as MSIE, and gets none of the open-source defence arguments which could be used to defend Chromium and Firefox.

josteink 13y ago

So basically your argument is that security is better on IE because you "trust" MS more than Google. (no proof) My argument is that IE, assuming everything else equal, is safer than Chrome. Yes. This is because I do trust that local software I run on my PC, without 200 known or unknown "(Google) cloud integrations" will leak less information about me to third parties than a browser with all those integrations, present and enabled by default. Did you know Chrome by default lets web-apps stay in the background even after you think you have exited your browser? Oh. You didn't? Well that's certainly not creepy, isn't it? When that browser to top it off is created by a company whose business model is gathering information about you and using that to sell ads, there's really not much to add. Those are facts. And from those facts, I can deduce that me and my privacy are most likely much safer using the browser not made by the advertising company. Do you honestly find that unreasonable? I don't know how you came to this conclusion, but I don't need to trust in Google because I can check the source code myself You are confusing Chromium for Chrome. Chromium is definitely open-source, but that's probably used by a overwhelming 0.1% minority. Most users are using Chrome, which is definitely 100% closed source and there is no guarantee that Google doesn't add any secret or additional proprietary bits into it outside what is found in Chromium. Chrome is about as open as MSIE, and gets none of the open-source defence arguments which could be used to defend Chromium and Firefox.