I think folk in the IT security industry would find people being most afraid of google chrome compared to IE has quite amusing.
IE is known to be the king for being manipulated for executing arbitrary code of an attackers choice just by merely viewing a website that is under control of attackers.
Go here and see the latest list of vulnerabilities from IE.. theres a way to run code on your computer of the attackers choice in IE all the time..
http://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-26/product_id-9900/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer.html
"CVE-2015-1766 399 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code"
Surely you have all seen in the news headlines about China hacking into US government networks all the time, they almost ALWAYS go for the government worker with their web browser or office document attachments in email, they never attack servers directly, thats just stupid.
Often its just as simple as getting the US governments email address and sending them an email that looks like a co-worker with a web link to a funny cats video or even a well known harmless website that would have basic security like a local news website that they trust.
They just have to view the right webpage with their trusty IE browser and that's it, the Trojan has been transparently installed with no errors or anything noticeable at all, it wont require any input or effort by the end user if its using a descent vulnerability in the browser.
If Bill Gates saw you guys fearing Chrome over IE he would have a secret giggle to him self.
The MS Kinect etc listens to what your saying all the time apparently anyway.
If I am not using my mic I don't have it plugged in.
MS assumes that everyone knows how bad they have been with IE in letting everyone down in browser security that they are ditching IE altogether and building a new browser from the ground up called Spartan
http://gizmodo.com/microsofts-new-spartan-browser-in-5-gifs-1694784628
MS almost always create their OS and software around what people want just like Burger King and McDonalds do.
They might occasionally try and do the right thing like McDonalds and come out with a salad burger loaded with nutrients that will in the long run be the best thing for most people.
That would be something like UAC or Windows RT which has digitally signed only code by MS where programs could only be installed from the MS Windows store like iOS apps.
Also windows RT apps can only be written in programming languages that contain today's expected default security settings; buggier, older programming languages need not apply. This also means that Windows RT apps contain all the Windows anti-buffer-overflow memory improvements introduced in Windows Vista and improved in each Windows version since. These include Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), SafeSEH, sacrificial canary values, and more. What is different is these memory protections are improved -- and required.
All the tech-heads hated Windows RT, they told everyone else to hate it and sure enough it died. People don't care they want to be able to run old dodgey programs etc.
When Microsoft first released UAC in Vista, users screamed out in violent pain about how annoying and inconvenient it was.. Just like a vegie burger replacing a beef burger this was going to hurt MS software sales so it was pulled back...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control
User Account Control (UAC) is a technology and security infrastructure introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista with a more relaxed version also present in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.
For every dollar that can be made selling a healthy burger there is like a x1000 fold amount of money selling a tasty burger that everyone likes to eat.
Folks that don't like ARM I think lack vision as these SoCs have been making truly incredible strides in computing power while sipping on the tiniest wattage envelope, as Apple has proven with their ARM processors. Passive cooled ARM beats passive cooled latest Intel Atom. I could only imagine how fast a chunky large fan cooled ARM processor could go with a larger thermal envelope like most Intel processors get to enjoy.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8666/the-apple-ipad-air-2-review/3
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/surface-3-review-smaller-slower-cheaper-better/2/
Just like McDonalds and Burger King, Microsoft has come back with the fattest beefiest cheese burger they could make with Windows 8.1/Intel powered tablets and everyone came rushing back in.
Some folk see MS as some kind of pillar of society for technology use but they are just like any other company doing what ever it takes to bring in maximum dollars for their shareholders.
I guess what I might be saying from all this is don't get me started on IT and security...
