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You can check out Asa’s thoughts and the PC World article and make your own decision though.  In the red corner from PC World we have Stuart J. Johnson…

“Many people are switching from Internet Explorer to alternative browsers such as Firefox and Safari. Though that might make them feel more secure, the shift has also opened new doors for bad guys.”

In the blue corner, from Mozilla we have Asa Dotzler!

“Stuart J. Johnston, over at PC World’s Bugs and Fixes column, does a fabulous job confusing and unnecessarily alarming Firefox users, while at the same time conflating the valuable contributions being made by the ethical security researcher community with the malicious activities of “bad guy” hackers. That’s quite an accomplishment in just 500 words.”

Who is your money on? 

Yet there is a person – no let me rephrase that. There is a monster trying to take away our rights to this wonderful service.

If you haven’t seen his site yet, it’s the same one referred to here:
http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2007/08/21/anti-firefox-loons-go-off-deep-end/

It has changed since then. At first, he offered a script that blocked everybody using Firefox because everybody that uses Firefox uses ABP. Wait a minute, where’s the logic in that? But then he figured out his stupidity (one part of it anyway) and came out with a script that actually blocks only people using ABP, but before you know it, the ABP people come out with an update that basically renders his script useless.

Now Mr. Anti-freebrowsing is pouting up a storm on his website:

whyfirefoxisblocked.com

Serves him right! The people have a choice of what they want to view. I don’t want to see ads. That is MY choice, not the advertisers. What ever happened to basic liberties? Here’s your answer: it’s monsters like this that take them away. Stand up for your freedoms, people.

More on this subject:

Blocking Firefox?

Dear WhyisFirefoxBlocked.com,

whyfirefoxisblocked: adorable muppets

http://whyisfirefoxblocked.com/ (not to be confused with the original)

Post by Samuel Brisby – Sam is currently a student majoring in computer science who loves and supports anything open-source especially the Firefox browser. Questions or comments can be sent to spamuel42 (at) gmail.com.