German gov't endorses Chrome, most secure browser

Germany's cyber security agency recommended that Windows 7 users run Google's Chrome browser, citing the application's sandbox and auto-update features.

BSI, for "Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik," has a habit of making software recommendations, particularly about browsers, unlike U.S. agencies. Two years ago, for example, BSI urged Germans to stop using Internet Explorer (IE) until Microsoft patched a vulnerability that had allegedly been used by Chinese hackers to break into networks owned by Google and dozens of other Western companies.

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This is good information but after all I do not seem to be able to control what browser people are using .. I gave up even trying.

All our attempts to get our users to adopt a specific browser have failed! So we gave up. We simply provide support for one browser only but this does not stop our users from using other browsers.