What browser do you recommend?

[Dude111]

Vote here: http://polldaddy.com/poll/6507228


I voted for IE .. which can be just as secure as ANY BROWSER if you set it up right!

Its amazing which browser is winning.. People are blinded by MAINSTREAM BS and its sad!

 

[MrColin]

I don't think the question is answered appropriately by a popular vote. Security isn't really a static two dimensional issue, as each browser has its own weaknesses that change with ongoing updates and newly discovered 0-days. Today's bulletproof browser might be a bucket of fail next week.

People are blinded by MAINSTREAM BS and its sad!

True everywhere.

I recommend multiple browsers, one dirty preferably well sandboxed browser, and one for more sensitive stuff. From there I choose by performance and features rather than it's historic reputation for security.

I have 4 browsers and here's what I use them for:
IE9 - Testing web design to see how bad things look in different versions of IE, also for MS proprietary coded sites.
FF - Nothing really unless I want to try something unusual(there's a plugin to do any thing you can dream of) "browse as googlebot" comes to mind.
Chrome - My dirty browser, it renders everything correctly (even a lot of sites coded explicitly for IE) , is fast, updates all the time, has plugins for security features I like, I'm impressed with their bounty system for finding security bugs and aggressive update cycle. I'm not all that worried about the privacy stuff because my private things don't happen in this browser.
Opera - My clean browser, I only use for trusted sites, has many features I like, plugins too.

From reading the comments of the poll, I discovered Commodo Dragon, sounds pretty interesting and I might make that my dirty browser.

 

[blankslate]

It's not a browser but if you're really worried about your exposure to possible attacks on your system through your browser why not get a sandboxing program like Sandboxie to add another layer of security?

 

[smakme7757]

Cutting down the amount of plugins helps a hell of a lot. If you don't need flash, uninstall it. The same goes for Java. My bank has moved over to mobile phone authentication now so i have no need for Java on my PC, now it's gone.

Had i had no need to Flash i wouldn't have it installed either.

Anyhow, i'm using Firefox at the moment, but it's getting a bit soft around the edges.

I used Chrome for about 4 months and found it to be a very fast and stable browser. I moved back to FF due to privacy concerns.

 

[Dude111]

Sometimes i play flash (shockwave)/java games so im glad i have those controls!! (But those are the ONLY active-x controls i allow.. (Active-X can be quite dangerous)