Mozilla claims Firefox now most secure browser - as Microsoft kills off the least secure

John Leonard
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Mozilla claims Firefox now most secure broswer as Microsoft kills off the least secure. Source: Mozilla
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Mozilla claims Firefox now most secure broswer as Microsoft kills off the least secure. Source: Mozilla

Firefox turns on cookie tracking protection by default, while the axe finally falls on IE

Mozilla claims that Firefox is now the "most private and secure browser" for Windows, Mac and Linux after the non-profit rolled out Total Cookie Protection (TCP) by default to all users on Tuesday....

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