> My completely non-scientific, unsupported-by-empirical-evidence answer is
> no. It's because people who use Firefox tend to be more aware of security
> threats and the need to keep software up to date. It could also be (at
> least in part) because Firefox has a built-in, enabled-by-default, update
> available warning system.
I would agree with both those reasons and add that FF updates are not
hampered by the disabling of the inbuilt (and often seriously mistrusted)
OS auto-update mechanisms.
>> be more aware of security
>>> threats and the need to keep software up to date. It
>> could also be (at
>>> least in part) because Firefox has a built-in,
>> enabled-by-default, update
>>> available warning system.
>> I would agree with both those reasons and add that FF
>> updates are not
>> hampered by the disabling of the inbuilt (and often
>> seriously mistrusted)
>> OS auto-update mechanisms.
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>> security
>> threats and the need to keep software up to date. It could also
>> be (at
>> least in part) because Firefox has a built-in, enabled-by-default,
>> update
>> available warning system.
>
> I would agree with both those reasons and add that FF updates are not
> hampered by the disabling of the inbuilt (and often seriously
> mistrusted)
> OS auto-update mechanisms.
> be more aware of security
> > threats and the need to keep software up to date. It
> could also be (at
> > least in part) because Firefox has a built-in,
> enabled-by-default, update
> > available warning system.
>
> I would agree with both those reasons and add that FF
> updates are not
> hampered by the disabling of the inbuilt (and often
> seriously mistrusted)
My completely non-scientific, unsupported-by-empirical-evidence answer is
no. It's because people who use Firefox tend to be more aware of security
threats and the need to keep software up to date. It could also be (at
least in part) because Firefox has a built-in, enabled-by-default, update
available warning system.
Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
