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Originally Posted by scastle
Despite what I may have said in the past, I think there is some truth in the "more people use it, so more people hack it" train of thought. I think this is because Hackers often just want to get noticed, so they go for what will get them noticed.
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You will get no argument from me there - I completely agree. What I find indefensible is not the claim that FF would get attacked more if it were more popular, but the claim that it has as many security problems as IE and only the fact that it doesn't get hacked as much has prevented these issues from being exposed.
This amounts to a defence of 'well, we might be crap, but at least everyone else is crap too!' Not only is it a claim based on no factual evidence, it assumes that it is ok to be poor quality so long as everyone else is. I find such lack of any drive or hunger to pursue excellence quite depressing.