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The return of Iceweasel

Posted Sep 25, 2006 20:04 UTC (Mon) by k8to (subscriber, #15413)
In reply to: The return of Iceweasel by cventers
Parent article: The return of Iceweasel

Be very careful of judging security by hearsay. That is, do not judge
the security of a program based on the number of reported holes, unless
you have good reason to believe that a comparable program is receiving
the same level of scrutiny.

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Posted Sep 25, 2006 22:41 UTC (Mon) by cventers (subscriber, #31465) [Link]

True, but you have to wonder about things like this:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060925-7818.html