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Online risk due to browser flaws

by enathu | July 8, 2008 at 02:31 am

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This is something that we should give our attention. There are plenty of issues with every browsers so far, infact the Mozilla Firefox gets updated every time with the help of open source community. By this study, there are risks for people who don't update the new version of browser.

By making yourself not updated to the latest version of the browser, you are unknowingly giving authorize to hackers to access our valuable information. It is very much advised to update your browser to its latest version.

Almost half the online population is at risk because users have not installed security updates to their browsers, says a study.

The Swiss Institute of Technology, Google and IBM conducted the study and found 600 million users had not updated their browsers.

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mgmirkin

at 15:34 on July 8th, 2008

So, why can't anyone ever seem to build an idiot-proof and/or hacker-proof browser? Granted, it's complicated technology. But, one would think that eventually we could get to a point where all the holes are plugged and everything is built upon solid foundations, such that the "loopholes" in the system get CLOSED...

It boggles the mind!

Regards,
~Michael Gmirkin

enathu

at 22:50 on July 8th, 2008

For every development, there is an equivalent increase in complication that seems to compensate those benefits. When it comes to Internet, its unpredictable what would be the technology for tomorrow. Having said that, there are plenty of measures that we can take in order to get rid of contemporary problems arise through technology.

Being well-informaed and updated is the most reliable way to live in an information age.

Regards,
Enathu