On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 12:49, Franki wrote: > I would word that better, makes you sound like a fanatic.. > > perhaps something along these lines. > > > You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer (tm) > > Before you proceed onto the site, I would be remiss in my duties if I didn't > tell you of the Security flaws inherent in Internet Explorer, so far more > then 20 different methods of stealing your data or damaging your computers > OS have been found and documented for people using Internet Explorer. > Not only that, but Microsoft is encouraging the use of their proprietry > methods which should it proceed as they plan, would result in an internet > that is reliant upon you buying Microsoft products whenever they decide you > should. > > As an alternative that is truely open in standards and totally free, pleaes > consider Mozilla. > mozilla.org
The page which lists the N vulnerabilities (N=19 at the time of writing) is: http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/ Rather than '... 20 different methods ...', I would say 'So far dozens of security flaws in Internet Explorer have been found which allow a malicious person to take control of your computer, steal data therein or damage its operating system; almost 20 of those flaws are currently unpatched' with the last 2 words linking to the URL above. Last paragraph: Alternative browsers include Mozilla or Opera (Linux), Mozilla, Galeon or Opera (Linux) and Onmiweb*, Chimera** or iCab*** (MacOS). [People could argue forever about what 'open standards' mean, so I'd leave it out. Note that Opera and Mozilla are also available on MacOS but are considered 'clunky': also, that IE is a totally different beast on MacOS, being developed separately from IE for Windows and containing valuable facilities that are not in _any_ other browser]. * http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/ ** http://chimera.mozdev.org/ *** http://www.icab.de/ Alastair
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