Just noticed a pop-up appearing on my Windows 10 desktop when I clicked on Firefox icon to open it with the following message "Use Microsoft Edge as it is safer than Mozilla Firefox". I have found out that Microsoft is using evidence from the US National Vulnerability Database (<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/" rel="nofollow">https://nvd.nist.gov/</a>) to promote Edge. I am surprised that Edge is more secure than Firefox and Chrome and I will consider using it more in the future.
I will say the malicious links I've been finding in Google Ads lately are blocked by Windows SmartScreen in Edge, but not in other browsers.<p>Right now I use Edge primarily because it's the fastest browser, but I hope to return to Firefox now that they're making big strides on fixing their performance.<p>Edge is pretty solid now, but when all things are equal, I'd lean towards the more open option.
A little bit one-sided to base this headline on the number of CVE's and average block rate for phishing sites.<p>By the way, I was really surprised to see a use of Edge browser around the 1.6% worldwide. <a href="http://gs.statcounter.com/" rel="nofollow">http://gs.statcounter.com/</a>