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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Microsoft has turned on a new set of Windows Tips that inform Chrome and Firefox users on Windows 10 that Edge is a "safer" browser. We reached out to Microsoft to find out how long this latest recommendation has been active. "This wave of Windows Tips for Windows 10 users began in early November," a Microsoft spokesperson told VentureBeat.
If this sounds familiar, that's because Microsoft turned on similar Windows 10 tips back in July, warning Chrome/Firefox users about battery drain and then recommending Edge instead. Those notifications were on the battery icon in the operating system, while this new one is on the Edge icon:
[...] The battery drain "tip" was timed with Microsoft's battery-savings campaign for Edge, and this security one is no different. NSS Labs compared the security of the three major Windows browsers and unsurprisingly — Microsoft has a long history of asking NSS Labs to do a study in which its browser comes out on top, though it claims this one wasn't commissioned — Edge won in a particular metric. That's where the "It blocks 21% more socially engineered malware" part from the notification comes from.
See a previous related article Here [soylentnews.org]
Would you change your software based on a recommendation like this?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by jmorris on Sunday November 27 2016, @04:41AM
If you are dumb enough to be running Win10 you might as well just use Edge. Think about it, Win10 isn't just defective like every previous incarnation of Microsoft's misbegotten security menace, it is intentionally malware / spyware now. Because it is designed to be malware, their security software won't fix it and it is doubtful they will put up with any third party solution either. So once you have accepted that reality and decided to keep using it in spite of that, Edge is the safer and more private option. Everything you type, every URL you visit is going to be going to Microsoft regardless of which browser you use. If you use another browser you have to additionally worry about where IT is sending your information. We all know about the problem with Chrome being a front end for Google's services and ad engine. Firefox also likes to phone home unless you take steps.