Browser Security Threats Discussed at Web 2.0 Conference

Some of the leading names in the browser market took to the stage at the Web 2.0 conference here on April 16 to give an update on the state of that technology, and all agreed that security was one of the biggest challenges facing the industry.

The panelists, who were tasked with addressing the topic titled "The Arrival of Web 2.0: The State of the Union on Browser Technology," hailed from the open-source community all the way to the most proprietary of companies, Microsoft, and those in between.

Chris Wilson, the platform architect for Internet Explorer at Microsoft, said that the most secure system was the one not plugged into anything, including power.

"But that's not particularly useful, so coming up with an enabling scenario that is also secure is the challenge," he said, noting that if users were presented with a large screed of text requesting approval for something, research had shown that "they will click OK to anything."

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