PiersM Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Not surprised, given that it resides in a sandbox, even in Windows XP which doesn't support sandboxing natively. That was the point when Google went "OK, so we'll make our own" unlike certain other companies. ;) XP is obsolete. IE8 is more secure than Chrome on Windows 7/Vista. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painejake Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 XP is obsolete. IE8 is more secure than Chrome on Windows 7/Vista. Period. As much as I dislike Chrome and Google, I think your talking crap there. Period. XP still has marktet share too therefore browsers under XP are still at risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXTOKERXx Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 As much as I dislike Chrome and Google, I think your talking crap there. Period. XP still has marktet share too therefore browsers under XP are still at risk. Seriously companies that are running XP should consider an upgrade - software companies are not obliged to support that system which was launched 10 years ago. if they are happy to carry on as is then they should just hope that there are developers willing to work on new browsers for a dying platform and be prepared to pay as doubt the open source community is exactly going to be thriving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted February 4, 2011 Member Share Posted February 4, 2011 $20k is relatively cheap for Google, they are most likely using it as enticement to any potential attempts. It's like putting money down on any contest, you can watch it without putting any down, but I doubt the contest participants will refuse any more money than they have already been told they are getting. Google putting money down on the contest will mean more people will attempt to hack Chrome, which means more exploits will be found than if they had not put any money down. Exactly. A very smart move by Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjoswald Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 That's a hefty wager, but I think Google makes enough chump change to pay off a good hack(er). Good to know Google is serious about security though. The constant updates, the sandboxing feature, isolated tabs... The web in general seems to be heading in the right direction. Now, if only we could figure out a way to successfully nuke malware web-wide... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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