Honest question - why do people use Chrome? It’s from an arguably as-evil company as Facebook. Alternatives exist. What’s the draw?
extensions. also it was faster a while back, now it's about the same.
Serious Chrome zero-day
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Re: Serious Chrome zero-day
#42Honest question - why do people use Chrome? It’s from an arguably as-evil company as Facebook. Alternatives exist. What’s the draw?
The Firefox Quantum update didn't work on my work machine; I had the choice of either using the LTS version or switch to Chrome, and I ended up switching to Chrome.
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#43This blog post is so watered down and manages to digress at every possible point that it is almost impossible to read. The only useful part of the text are the URLs. Also, this: > A vulnerability, or vuln for short, is a bug that makes software go wrong in a way that reduces computer security. Does anyone actually use this abbreviation?
Totes.
Re: Serious Chrome zero-day
#44This blog post is so watered down and manages to digress at every possible point that it is almost impossible to read. The only useful part of the text are the URLs. Also, this: > A vulnerability, or vuln for short, is a bug that makes software go wrong in a way that reduces computer security. Does anyone actually use this abbreviation?
> This blog post is so watered down and manages to digress at every possible point that it is almost impossible to read. Its target audience appears to be ten-year-olds, yet it's inexplicably devoid of memes.
the target audience is managers and bookkeepers who see the sophos invoice every month but have no idea what they do.
here is the blog post in meme form, for your convenience: https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/67508702/look-at-me-...
Re: Serious Chrome zero-day
#45Honest question - why do people use Chrome? It’s from an arguably as-evil company as Facebook. Alternatives exist. What’s the draw?
It has a better security track record than its competitors, and its faster too.
Re: Serious Chrome zero-day
#46This blog post is so watered down and manages to digress at every possible point that it is almost impossible to read. The only useful part of the text are the URLs. Also, this: > A vulnerability, or vuln for short, is a bug that makes software go wrong in a way that reduces computer security. Does anyone actually use this abbreviation?
> Does anyone actually use this abbreviation? More common in plural (vulns). However, it sounds oddly vulgar in my ears.
> oddly vulgar
My initial reaction was 'linguistically disgusting', but I decided to hold off the opinion, just in case I am strangely illiterate.
Re: Serious Chrome zero-day
#47Honest question - why do people use Chrome? It’s from an arguably as-evil company as Facebook. Alternatives exist. What’s the draw?
I gave Firefox an honest go, but some web apps just don't work 100% in it. Chrome does not have this issue. Most of us drive cars filled with fuel from evil oil companies, why do we all drive cars?
That compatibility with different browsers is a big enough issue in 2019 to stop you from using Firefox is just a sad reminder of how far we’ve fallen. Used to be that we actually cared about stuff being usable across browsers, after what we experienced during IE’s dominance.
It’s also a testament to Chrome’s dominance -now-.
Re: Serious Chrome zero-day
#48The version that includes the fix was released a few days ago... how is this a 0-day at this point?
The post reads more like an anti-Chrome post than about the exploit.
Re: Serious Chrome zero-day
#49Honest question - why do people use Chrome? It’s from an arguably as-evil company as Facebook. Alternatives exist. What’s the draw?
A lot of people have Google / Gmail accounts, with which it integrates very well. Also, most people don't care about ads/tracking, as evidenced by the massive number of people who still have Facebook accounts. It is a leader in web standards and features (e.g. PWAs). In my industry, it is a very secure solution (despite the vulnerability disclosed here), so it gets chosen for that reason. I personally prefer Vivaldi…
I think they already did or its coming in an update, I think. Also, Good luck trying to block auto-play videos in Chrome.