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On 23 March 2010 10:31, Martijn Grooten <sweetwatergeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Julian Hall wrote: >> 'The German government has warned its citizenry against the use of the >> Firefox browser due to security issues.' >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8580716.stm > > While I have no reason to doubt the seriousness of the vulnerability, > the government advising people to switch browsers every time someone > finds a security hole is a bit silly (as someone says in the article). > > Martijn. > Indeed. Its most silly. It was a good move when they did it for IE, helping raise awareness of how 'leaky' IE actually is. But whoever is issuing the alerts has suddenly got a bit of a hair trigger. So do we count how many times they recommend people dont use IE vs Firefox, or look and see if Opera are giving em backhanders? :D > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html