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Windows 10 Informs Chrome and Firefox Users That Edge is "Safer"

posted by GreatOutdoors on Sunday November 27 2016, @02:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the of-course-my-software-is-safer dept.

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?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 27 2016, @11:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 27 2016, @11:45PM (#433828)

    Windows is a choice. [windowschoice.com]

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by requerdanos on Monday November 28 2016, @03:17AM

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 28 2016, @03:17AM (#433894) Journal

    Windows is a choice.

    Yes, of course it is. But choosing Windows as an operating system doesn't automatically mean that you will also choose to run every piece of software, good or bad, that its manufacturer blesses as "preferred by Microsoft".

    I frequently run GNU Bash at my shell prompt, but that doesn't mean that I also choose to run GNU Emacs. Never seen it recommending same, either.

    Would you change your software based on a recommendation like this?

    Well, yes. Based on such a recommendation, I wiped Windows off my laptop after it was force-upgraded to Windows 10 "for my own good" and installed Debian. I even peeled off the "Windows 7" logo sticker and bought and installed a Debian sticker.

    My laptop has not given my any such foolishness ever since, joining my other computers in this regard.