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Title: UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure
Post by: sam on January 31, 2010, 23:44

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Lord Avebury tabled a parliamentary question in the UK regarding the security of Internet Explorer and whether the UK government would reconsider its use. He got an answer from the UK Home Office that's unlikely to please most Slashdot readers. The UK government contends that 'there is no evidence that moving from the latest fully patched versions of Internet Explorer to other browsers will make users more secure.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/31/0424240/UK-Govt-Says-No-Evidence-IE-Is-Less-Secure

Title: Re: UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure
Post by: Simon on February 01, 2010, 00:20

What do they know about data security?  ::)

Title: Re: UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure
Post by: sam on February 01, 2010, 00:52

exactly!

Title: Re: UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure
Post by: Rik on February 01, 2010, 09:45

Quote from: Simon on February 01, 2010, 00:20

What do they know about data security?  ::)

How not to approach it?

Title: Re: UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure
Post by: Simon on February 01, 2010, 10:30

Quite.