▲ 707 ▼ Stop using Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news) submitted 2 years ago by whou@lemmy.ml to c/technology@beehaw.org 280 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] boolean@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (2 children) would you rather they leave security holes open exposing your computer to bad things? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know there's another option besides not passing security holes to the users and then patching them later right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boolean@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) you realize modern browsers have millions of lines and over a decade (or two!) of legacy code running that are under constant scrutiny by actors who spend all their time finding exploits in binary executables, right? you realize your operating system also ships system updates on a regular, often daily basis, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago How is any of that the user's problem permalink fedilink source parent [–] Boozilla@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago This is a common excuse for a lot of box checking nonsense and we both know it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know there's another option besides not passing security holes to the users and then patching them later right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boolean@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) you realize modern browsers have millions of lines and over a decade (or two!) of legacy code running that are under constant scrutiny by actors who spend all their time finding exploits in binary executables, right? you realize your operating system also ships system updates on a regular, often daily basis, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago How is any of that the user's problem permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boolean@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) you realize modern browsers have millions of lines and over a decade (or two!) of legacy code running that are under constant scrutiny by actors who spend all their time finding exploits in binary executables, right? you realize your operating system also ships system updates on a regular, often daily basis, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago How is any of that the user's problem permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago How is any of that the user's problem permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Boozilla@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago This is a common excuse for a lot of box checking nonsense and we both know it. permalink fedilink source parent