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nandshab
on Sept 25, 2018
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Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell i...
I've never trusted Chrome but it was (and still is to a degree) faster and more secure than Firefox, so here we are
fredsir
on Sept 25, 2018
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> more secure than Firefox
How so?
nandshab
on Sept 25, 2018
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For example for a long time Firefox didn't have process separation, sandboxing, etc. Basic features. I don't know how it is now
fredsir
on Sept 25, 2018
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IIRC, that's all in place, and has been for quite a while.
symtos
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Another reason is that the official Firefox builds for at least GNU/Linux doesn't employ standard exploit mitigations (stack canaries, position independent code, read-only GOT).
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