Germany advises its citizens to say 'nein' to Internet Explorer

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/ie-germany-rm-eng-.jpg (https://www.bsi.bund.de/cln_183/ContentBSI/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Sicherheitsluecke_IE_150110.html)Autsch! In light of the recent attacks on Google China (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/google-to-stop-censoring-chinese-search-results-will-review-th/) and Microsoft's revelation that an Internet Explorer security flaw (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/ie-security-flaw-exploited-in-recent-google-attacks/) served as an impetus in the assault, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security has released a warning to its population: avoid IE. Specifically, the report calls out the latest three versions -- 6, 7, and 8 -- but let's face it, those older versions should be avoided on grounds of usability alone. Boy, bet the Bonn-based agency is happy about that Windows 7 web browser ballot screen (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/06/microsoft-reportedly-randomizing-eu-browser-ballots-ask-are-yo/), eh?Germany advises its citizens to say 'nein' to Internet Explorer (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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