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To: Swordmaker

On top of which, no Mac browser can be hijacked like IE on Windows can to install spyware. Won't happen. ("ActiveX? What's ActiveX?")


4 posted on 04/03/2005 9:14:22 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr
On top of which, no Mac browser can be hijacked like IE on Windows can to install spyware.

Not true - there are XPI-based exploits for Moz/Firefox. Still relatively rare, and the browser defaults are tighter now than they used to be to help prevent them, but they do exist.

15 posted on 04/04/2005 8:15:53 AM PDT by general_re ("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
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