Comment Security from lower market share? (Score 0) 240
This test is not really a fair comparison for security (the article doesn't claim that it is) since Firefox is not anywhere near IE as far as market share goes.
If you are writing a piece of spyware to attack a browser, would you rather write it for the browser that ~80% of the population uses, or the browser used by ~10-15% of the population (and consisting largely of internet-savvy users)?
Combine that with the fact that Internet Explorer allows Active-X controls, and the choice is pretty clear.
Both IE and Firefox are written by humans (yes, M$ employees are human too), so both will always contain bugs that can be used by the people writing spyware.
I would expect to see attacks on Firefox increase as its market share continues to increase.
If you are writing a piece of spyware to attack a browser, would you rather write it for the browser that ~80% of the population uses, or the browser used by ~10-15% of the population (and consisting largely of internet-savvy users)?
Combine that with the fact that Internet Explorer allows Active-X controls, and the choice is pretty clear.
Both IE and Firefox are written by humans (yes, M$ employees are human too), so both will always contain bugs that can be used by the people writing spyware.
I would expect to see attacks on Firefox increase as its market share continues to increase.
