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Test your browser's safety (according to Microsoft)

22 pointsby mccooscoosover 13 years ago

16 comments

dubcanadaover 13 years ago
What a load of garbage<p>"Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that protect against arbitrary data execution?<p>Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that randomize the memory layout to make it harder for attackers to find their target?"<p>I got a checkmark on both those. Yet I'm running Mac.<p>I also got an "X" on "Does the browser help protect you from websites that are known to distribute socially engineered malware?" yet I'm running Chrome, and little do Microsoft know but Google keeps an entire db of "socially engineered malware" and disallows you to access it.<p>Good old Microsoft trash browser stats, just like the old IE is the safest browser one.
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51Cardsover 13 years ago
So Firefox 3.6 scores 1.5, Firefox 7.01 scores 2, Chrome Win (14.0.835) scores 2.5, while IE 8 gets a 3?<p>Safari for Windows isn't even recognized.
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kevinalexbrownover 13 years ago
Funny how I get the annoying hit-backbutton-twice effect ... Always the hallmark of a good website ...
mccutchenover 13 years ago
"We do not have any data for your browser, so we can’t give your browser a score."<p>Chrome 16.0.904.0
iansinkeover 13 years ago
tl;dr: Firefox is 2, Chrome is 2.5, IE is 4. (Out of 4, of course. And assuming latest versions.)
iambenover 13 years ago
Site doesn't even render in IE6 on XP. Not sure if that's a good thing or not.<p>IE7 on XP scores 1. That's something, I suppose.
srlover 13 years ago
Doesn't recognize firefox nightly (10) on arch - so it gives me Xs for everything. Excellently done.
latortugaover 13 years ago
I don't particularly care about the spin that this website puts on various browsers. What I do like about it is that it may convince some users to upgrade their browser. Everyone wins when users pick modern browsers, regardless of which one they choose.
One_adm12over 13 years ago
HA! The most ironic thing is that this tool has Facebook like buttons all over it. Give the state of Facebook privacy and not actually being able to log out. The Facebook buttons are the biggest privacy and security concern, not your browser.
ajanuaryover 13 years ago
Is it just me, or are the icons in the "old browser" distinctly Chrome-like?
jjcmover 13 years ago
Only supports firefox, chrome, and IE it seems.
partoaover 13 years ago
Google chrome on GNU/Linux, 2.5. Do tell...
wickedchickenover 13 years ago
No love if you're running linux :/
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skadaover 13 years ago
I cheated. By changing the user agent of Firefox to IE 8 I got 3 (otherwise 2 for FF).
apaprockiover 13 years ago
Doesn't recognize Firefox 8.
InclinedPlaneover 13 years ago
This is essentially a measure of how much turd polishing has been applied to your browser. To people who think that furious effort mummifying design faults with a flurry of band-aids is a good substitute for fundamental design quality and objective, external results this is fantastic. To people who think otherwise this is decidedly underwhelming.