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minus-square@Admetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink32•1 year agoPresumably one can still set default in settings. I’m not giving up Firefox yet.
minus-squaredeweydecibellinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoThey say that, but I’ll believe it when I see the implementation.
minus-square@redcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilink8•1 year agoBut why? Is administrators forcing their company’s laptop to use certain browser actually a significant problem before?
minus-squarebjorneylinkfedilink17•1 year agoThey aren’t talking about system administrators. They are talking about 3rd party software presenting a privilege escalation prompt (administrator access) and changing your default browser without you knowing about it
minus-squareTwinTuskslinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoIts more a issue in China where every browser (read malware) would make itself the default and it’s a pain to change it back.
minus-squarem-p{3}linkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoStill doable for corporate-managed devices through GPOs, MS Intune, MECM, etc
Presumably one can still set default in settings. I’m not giving up Firefox yet.
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They say that, but I’ll believe it when I see the implementation.
But why? Is administrators forcing their company’s laptop to use certain browser actually a significant problem before?
They aren’t talking about system administrators. They are talking about 3rd party software presenting a privilege escalation prompt (administrator access) and changing your default browser without you knowing about it
Its more a issue in China where every browser (read malware) would make itself the default and it’s a pain to change it back.
Then just ask the user instead of assuming
Still doable for corporate-managed devices through GPOs, MS Intune, MECM, etc
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