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Does more browser code = more potential exploits?
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<blockquote data-quote="wat0114" data-source="post: 969516" data-attributes="member: 91306"><p>I'm curious how people feel about this. On Linux MX-21 I find total file sizes under two main directories for three browsers: Edge-beta, Google-chrome, & Firefox.</p><p>There are two main directories for each browser:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Edge-beta: /opt/microsoft/ + /home/user/.config/microsoft-edge-beta/ = 377.5 MiB + 133.2 MiB=<strong>510.7 MiB </strong>total</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Google-chrome-stable: /opt/google/ + /home/user/.config/google-chrome-stable/ = 270.3 MiB + 145.4 MiB = <strong>415.7</strong> <strong>MiB</strong> total</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Firefox: /opt/firefox/ + /home/user/.mozilla/ = 222.6 MiB + 55.7 MiB = <strong>278.3</strong> <strong>MiB</strong> total</li> </ol><p>Sorry to post Linux browser footprints, but this is the O/S I've been primarily using of late, although I'm sure the footprint differences between the browsers are most likely comparable on Windows. Anyway, you can see Edge beta is way out in front, google-chrome-stable not far behind, and Firefox way behind. Honestly, I'm quite alarmed at how humangous(sic) Edge-beta is.</p><p></p><p>Question: Do you feel a larger footprint - more code - results in more potential browser exploits? Does the "less is more" adage count in this case?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wat0114, post: 969516, member: 91306"] I'm curious how people feel about this. On Linux MX-21 I find total file sizes under two main directories for three browsers: Edge-beta, Google-chrome, & Firefox. There are two main directories for each browser: [LIST=1] [*]Edge-beta: /opt/microsoft/ + /home/user/.config/microsoft-edge-beta/ = 377.5 MiB + 133.2 MiB=[B]510.7 MiB [/B]total [*]Google-chrome-stable: /opt/google/ + /home/user/.config/google-chrome-stable/ = 270.3 MiB + 145.4 MiB = [B]415.7[/B] [B]MiB[/B] total [*]Firefox: /opt/firefox/ + /home/user/.mozilla/ = 222.6 MiB + 55.7 MiB = [B]278.3[/B] [B]MiB[/B] total [/LIST] Sorry to post Linux browser footprints, but this is the O/S I've been primarily using of late, although I'm sure the footprint differences between the browsers are most likely comparable on Windows. Anyway, you can see Edge beta is way out in front, google-chrome-stable not far behind, and Firefox way behind. Honestly, I'm quite alarmed at how humangous(sic) Edge-beta is. Question: Do you feel a larger footprint - more code - results in more potential browser exploits? Does the "less is more" adage count in this case? [/QUOTE]
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