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<blockquote data-quote="HarborFront" data-source="post: 1037081" data-attributes="member: 55987">Found this article comparing the security weaknesses of FF to Chromium. Hopefully it&#039;s still validFirefox is sometimes recommended as a supposedly more secure browser because of its parent company&#039;s privacy practices. This article explains why this notion is not true and enumerates a number of security weaknesses in Firefox&#039;s security model when compared to Chromium. In particular, it covers the less granular process model, weaker sandboxing and lack of modern exploit mitigations. It is important to decouple privacy from security — this article does not attempt to compare the privacy practices of each browser but rather their resistance to exploitation.Section 1 explains the weaker process model and sandboxing architecture. Section 2 examines and compares a number of important exploit mitigations. Section 3 discusses some miscellaneous topics. Finally, section 4 provides links to what other security researchers have said about this topic.<h2>Contents</h2>1. Sandboxing2. Exploit Mitigations3. Miscellaneous4. Other Security Researchers&#039; Views on FirefoxRead the whole article here[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HarborFront, post: 1037081, member: 55987"] Found this article comparing the security weaknesses of FF to Chromium. Hopefully it's still valid Firefox is sometimes recommended as a supposedly more secure browser because of its parent company's privacy practices. This article explains why this notion is not true and enumerates a number of security weaknesses in Firefox's security model when compared to Chromium. In particular, it covers the less granular process model, weaker sandboxing and lack of modern exploit mitigations. It is important to decouple privacy from security — this article does not attempt to compare the privacy practices of each browser but rather their resistance to exploitation. Section 1 explains the weaker process model and sandboxing architecture. Section 2 examines and compares a number of important exploit mitigations. Section 3 discusses some miscellaneous topics. Finally, section 4 provides links to what other security researchers have said about this topic. [HEADING=1]Contents[/HEADING] 1. Sandboxing 2. Exploit Mitigations 3. Miscellaneous 4. Other Security Researchers' Views on Firefox Read the whole article here [URL unfurl="true"]https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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