Peaches Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 </h1><h1>Microsoft blasts Google over Chrome Frame plug-inDoubles IE8's potential security problems, cripples privacy mode, argues exec By Gregg Keizer September 24, 2009 Computerworld - Microsoft today warned Internet Explorer (IE) users that they could double their security woes if they installed and used Google Chrome Frame, the plug-in that provides better JavaScript performance and adds support for HTML 5 to Microsoft's browser. "It's not necessarily that plug-ins aren't or can't be secure, but that running a browser within a browser doubles the potential attack surface in a way that we don't see is particularly helpful," said Amy Bazdukas, Microsoft's general manager for IE. Bazdukas also said that by running Chrome Frame, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) users were unwittingly discarding all the private browsing protections that Microsoft built into its newest browser. "Chrome Frame breaks the privacy model of IE," she claimed. "Users are not going to be able to use IE's privacy features, something that's not made apparent to users. They're essentially circumvented." Full story at computerworld - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/913...e_Frame_plug_in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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