Posted April 8, 2008 and filed under Security, Technology    tags:  ,

I have always been one to try different software products to see if the quality is better.  This includes trying Firefox and Opera.  I never really liked Opera but my initial feelings on Firefox were extremely positive.  After a while it seemed that many things with Firefox felt unpolished and incomplete.  Nothing major, just little things here and there.  Even though I still use Firefox every now and again (web development for example) I eventually ended up back with Internet Explorer.  IE just feels smooth and clean with most everything I need for everyday browsing.

I find it kind of funny that people get so passionate about which browser to use.  As if someone's opinion about a software product is the "right opinion".  When I stumble across a software product that I feel is a must have for everyone I like to share it, but I try to do it without trying to impose my opinion on them. 

That being said...  Today I ran across a web site that had an interesting section at the top of the page...  At the top appears a warning message similar to the warning messages that IE pops up whenever a browser add-in is not installed, or when IE has blocked an unauthorized popup.  Except this header isn't an IE alert at all, rather an attempt to impose someone else's opinion onto my own opinion.  I clicked the "Learn more..." link just to find out what the web site owner was trying to impose on me.

 

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After clicking on the link I was redirected to another web page hosted on WordPress.  The image on the page was definitely reassuring.  See for yourself:

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Aside from being annoyed that someone was trying to impose their opinion on me, the information they were providing is misleading.  A little investigation will reveal that all of their recommended browsers have their own share of insecurities.  In fact, in my opinion (it's just my opinion) people are a large contributor to vulnerability issues, not just the browser:  going to unsafe sites, passing credentials insecurely, clicking on unsafe links.  All of these things can present a security risk no matter which browser you choose.  If the people hosting this web site were serious about making your web experience more secure wouldn't they focus more on behavioral changes instead of product choices?

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