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To: holymoly
It is an open source software which improves with time as bug-reporter and bug-fixer community grows.

AND what's to stop the "hacker" community from entering the fray? It seems to me if you want total safety, turn off the computer and move to a mountain top.

36 posted on 12/22/2004 9:05:09 AM PST by Mister Baredog (PLEASE be sure you have a flag up on your FReeper homepage.!!!)
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To: Mister Baredog
AND what's to stop the "hacker" community from entering the fray?

Entering what fray? People don't just pile on code willy-nilly. Patches and improvements are submitted to a few core people. They test it out and examine the code before entering it into the codebase.

40 posted on 12/22/2004 9:07:29 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Mister Baredog
AND what's to stop the "hacker" community from entering the fray?

Follow the link I posted:

An extended explanation on why Internet Explorer is insecure

Read it and you'll understand why Mozilla, Firefox & Opera will never be as vulnerable as MSIE.
53 posted on 12/22/2004 9:18:29 AM PST by holymoly (Merry Christmas! http://tinyurl.com/5mxvw)
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