Here's an idea to make everyone's computers a little more secure, assign web browsers a use-by-date, in the same way as food, and other perishable goods, are. Security researchers have suggested that like food, browsers should have a best-before or expiry date. This comes after revealing that 637 million internet users are surfing with outdated and unpatched browsers, which puts them at risk from web-based attacks. This is an area ... Read full entry
Even top shelf browsers should have a use-by-date
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 2 July, 2008 to the technology subset
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