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Okay so what is the real issue?
Do you realize how easy it is to make a status bar read what ever you want? A simple anchor calling some js and walla. A perfectly good link that goes somewhere other than what the status bar reads. So FF is more secure becuase they turn off their status bar by default? So if I turn mine on in FF, and didn't pay attention to what I was doing, then it would be my fault if I got spoofed. This is definately not a security issue(and not even worth an article, IMO) that is IE specific, at least. If this is seen as a security issue it goes far beyond that of MS and goes to the industry standards. So what is the "real issue" you speak of? Turning off the status bar does not make a browser more secure. I do not blindly follow MS but this one is a non-debate.
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Its not a security flaw, its a "feature."  tamuhockey | 11/02/04
I think...  KOS-MOS | 11/02/04
Right on the head again  tamuhockey | 11/02/04
Yeah, right.  mathandmetal | 11/02/04
It'll be a "Critical Vulnerability" in a week  rpmyers1 | 11/02/04
It is not an IE security flaw  alterego_z | 11/02/04
Can't be removed?  Partlyczy | 11/04/04
Before you folks start flying off the handle..  vdraken | 11/02/04
Darn rights you ABM'rs  mojoman_x@... | 11/02/04
ABMers  Omch'Ar | 11/02/04
ABMers  Kukulkan | 11/02/04
It doesn't matter where this flaw is  rpmyers1 | 11/02/04
exactly, other browsers DO see this as a flaw  Monkey_MCSE | 11/02/04
But...  vdraken | 11/02/04
I agree..  Patrick Jones | 11/02/04
Right.  vdraken | 11/02/04
Um, except ...  coffeenite | 11/03/04
No reason to make it easy  rpmyers1 | 11/02/04
Software flaws  ChuTw | 11/03/04
Nope  IT Scion | 11/04/04
What version are you using?  Chad_z | 11/02/04
see below.  vdraken | 11/02/04
i think...  wimbo_z | 11/02/04
Yes and...  Linux User 147560 | 11/02/04
Firefox corrected this?  PA-ITGuy | 11/03/04
Pick the Handle Up MS  crescentdave | 11/02/04
Do you have to try hard to be this stupid?  NonZealot | 11/03/04
Actually, I read it a little differently  coffeenite | 11/03/04
Avoiding the Real Issue  ChuTw | 11/03/04
Okay so what is the real issue?  IT Scion | 11/04/04
This is what Ballmer meant  Chad_z | 11/02/04
I didnt mean...  vdraken | 11/02/04
Ooops...This was suppsoed to reply to Chad.  vdraken | 11/02/04
Yes and No  PA-ITGuy | 11/02/04
Isn't this the same..  Patrick Jones | 11/02/04
Not really a security flaw..  d_jedi | 11/02/04
BTW  d_jedi | 11/02/04
Well...  KOS-MOS | 11/02/04
No doubt..  d_jedi | 11/02/04
Agreed but the bug is the tag  seosamh_z | 11/02/04
Maybe it's a Marketing Ploy ....  coffeenite | 11/03/04
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Negative Microsloth Story = No Ax MIA....  itanalyst | 11/02/04
Now it makes sense  NonZealot | 11/03/04
Mac OS Is Safest OS  itanalyst | 11/02/04
And that same story..  d_jedi | 11/02/04
Wierd  DarthRidiculous | 11/02/04
Haha...  Yen_z | 11/03/04
Did they read the ENTIRE article?  coffeenite | 11/03/04
Download a secure browser here!  anthonycea | 11/02/04
I'm lucky if I can get my students to even LOOK at a URL  James Dean_z | 11/02/04
They don't even look at the URL..  d_jedi | 11/02/04
times are changing  Kukulkan | 11/02/04
What!?!  Patrick Jones | 11/03/04
Re: What!?!  rpmyers1 | 11/03/04
Yeah, Right!  Jeff Hayes | 11/03/04
Why is it that every "bug" is a reason to B@#!#! about MS  vbp1 | 11/03/04
this is a flaw  JasonL31 | 11/04/04
umm  IT Scion | 11/04/04
Am I missing a point here?  IT Scion | 11/04/04
All priase MS  IT Scion | 11/04/04
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