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Will the imminent death of Microsoft Edge lead to an insecure browser monoculture?

Posted on December 11, 2018 By Davey Winder

If two of the major browsers are based on the same project, are we heading towards an insecure browser monoculture?

Daniel Smith, a security researcher at Radware, doesn’t pull any punches. “Edge is one of the most vulnerable browsers and was the most hacked browser at Pwn2Own,” he told SC Media UK. “Edge/IE are typically only used to download more secure web browsers like Chrome and Firefox.” So does that mean that a Chromium-based browser will automatically be more secure than Edge in its current incarnation?

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Analysis Tags:Browser, Edge, Microsoft

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