First off FUCK Microsoft. (now for the logical stuff) FF is still a million times better than IE. 1. Open source, meaning the program is open to the public for people to make new plugins and other handy scripts to make FF an alltogether more powerful tool. IE is closed and has no customizability and is a crock of shit. 2. FF updates happen frequently which if you completely read the article many vulnerabilities have been fixed and on top of that the percentage of vulnerabilites that are a severe threat are lower than that of IE. meaning that in all actuality IE is still way more dangerous to use than FF. 3. Its not made by microsoft, meaning that the quality is superb and the fit and finish is ultimately better. combine that with the plugins and you've got yourself a hands down winner. the plugins are useful for yes hacking purposes but also useful for web developers and there's also a switch proxy plugin not to mention a dozen other plugins that are there to keep you safe. I currently run a program that gives me the option of whether or not to run flash movies. this means shorter load times, and higher security if i know the flash is just gonna be an ad.