January, 2012

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The dirty secret of browser security #1

Scary Beasts Security

Here's a curiousity that's developing in modern browser security: The security of a given browser is dominated by how much effort it puts into other peoples' problems. This may sound absurd at first but we're heading towards a world where the main browsers will have (with a few notable exceptions): Rapid autoupdate to fix security issues. Some form of sandboxing.