Do any of you have thoughts on a business case for continued use of Firefox for an individual?
Why? My employer is moving to uninstall all instances of Firefox on company computers for ‘security reasons’ in favor of Edge and Chrome. I would be allowed to keep it if I could make a business case for it. There is no legit reason why I can’t get my work done with another browser, but I am going to push hoping just being a squeaky wheel is good enough. My guess is folks on here will have clearer thinking on this than me. Does anyone out there think my IT dept is making a good decision?
In terms of security, the only major advantage that I know of for Chrome/Edge is that they automatically check for leaked passwords. Otherwise, an already up and running Firefox is just as good — if not better — than those two, so switching would likely be a waste of time.
By the way, do you happen to know if there are any Firefox-exclusive extensions installed in your machine? That would make for the most compelling case, IMO.
By leaked password you mean they check if a website’s database was compromised and the data was sold? Firefox does that too.
You’re right! I got Firefox Desktop and Firefox Mobile mixed up. The latter does not support this feature. My apologies.
There aren’t any specific extensions on the computer. We are locked down tight in some weird ways, so I haven’t even tried to install any. For instance, I have icons on my desktop than need admin permissions to delete - some internal reporting shortcuts (sort of make sense) and adobe suite (of all things). They prefer a sledgehammer approach because they’re understaffed.
edit: They’ve locked down extensions on Chrome, but the Firefox store is wide open.