German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser 174
New submitter beta2 writes "Several articles are noting that the German IT security agency BSI is endorsing Google Chrome browser: 'BSI ticked off Chrome's anti-exploit sandbox technology, which isolates the browser from the operating system and the rest of the computer; its silent update mechanism and Chrome's habit of bundling Adobe Flash, as its reasons for the recommendation. ... BSI also recommended Adobe Reader X — the version of the popular PDF reader that, like Chrome, relies on a sandbox to protect users from exploits — and urged citizens to use Windows' Auto Update feature to keep their PCs abreast of all OS security fixes. To update applications, BSI gave a nod to Secunia's Personal Software Inspector, a free utility that scan a computer for outdated software and point users to appropriate downloads.'"
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Re:Maybe... (Score:5, Informative)
I haven't read TFA, but headline says "most secure browser", not most private.
Re:*yawn* (Score:4, Informative)
You don't actually know what the BSI [wikipedia.org] is, do you? They're one of the most respected security and privacy organizations in the world.
Re:*yawn* (Score:4, Informative)
Back in the day they started out as an offshoot of the BND (if you want a good laugh dig deeper into the story of how that one came to be and why it shouldn't be trusted) but nowadays they usually serve as a mouthpiece for damage control if some government branch has screwed up again (e.g., electronic identity card).
And if they're not too busy they use some of their idle time to find discover new ways to make themselves look like idiots (e.g., the recent "DNS OK" story).
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Re:GERMANY (Score:5, Informative)
Even easier, just download Chromium. No Flash, no auto-updating, no phone-home, fully open source. Complaining about these things in Chrome when its completely open-source counterpart Chromium is available as a free download (binary or source) seems pretty stupid to me.