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Story: Firefox security claims rubbished

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FIREFOX NOW HAS MORE FLAWS THAN ANY OTHER BROWSER. THE HEADLINE IS CORRECT.

"According to the report, Firefox contained 25 confirmed vulnerabilities that were disclosed for the Mozilla browsers during the first half of 2005, "the most of any browser studied..."

"In the latest incident, a 16-year-old security researcher ... found three vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser that together could be exploited to run arbitrary code. The incident is the latest black eye for the open-source software project's security image. While vulnerability researchers frequently flogged Microsoft for the number of security holes found in its Internet Explorer browser, Now flaw finders are pinpointing more security holes in Firefox..."

That is NOW.

This was THEN:
"Even with increased popularity, the Firefox Web browser won't face as many security problems as Internet Explorer, according to the president of the Mozilla Foundation."

Hmm. The irony.

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