Users can choose to make Edge operate in a sandbox all of the time by opening Edge in a Windows Defender Application Guard window.Īpplication Guard must first be enabled before use. This definitely applies to Edge security features, as it has strengthened the Edge sandbox.Īs mentioned earlier, Edge operates all of the time (not just by default) in a partial sandbox. If cleanliness is next to godliness, the appropriate analogy here would be redundancy is next to security soundness. Current Edge-compatible extensions follow Google Chrome’s extension model and allow for HTML, JavaScript and CSS-based extensions to be downloaded. Users cannot download plugins, toolbars and extensions the way they could in IE along with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, browser extensions can now be downloaded.
Legacy IE technologies, including toolbars, Browser Helper Objects, VBscript, ActiveX, Java and VML, are now in the dustbin of history. Keeping with the theme of a safer, sleeker web browsing experience, Edge has a different take on scripting and extensions than IE. This will feel like a breath of fresh air to many, especially because this feature is on by default. This means that if an attacker does somehow gain access to the browser, their dirty deeds will be confined to the sandbox and will not compromise the rest of the computer.
To help alleviate this, Edge always operates in a partial sandbox. SandboxingĮveryone with a toe in the proverbial pool of information security would agree that web browsers can be a primary point of attack for attackers.
Increased privacy options was the main draw away from other browsers for me. Namely, Edge will allow users to choose how third parties track the Edge users across the web.īeing an unabashed Chromium browser addict (I use Brave daily), I must say that this will be a welcome addition to the Edge browsing experience. Chromium is what Google Chrome and the privacy-minded Brave browser are based on, offering greater privacy options to Edge users. Introduced in 2019, Microsoft has moved Edge towards the world of greater security and speed by basing edge on Chromium. Even the biggest Windows skeptic will agree that Edge is more security-minded than Microsoft’s reputation would lead you to believe. Your understanding of Edge’s security features will be sharper if you understand the context of how it fits into Windows 10.īuilt to be minimalist and streamlined, the Edge browser has Windows 10 written all over it - with modern security features that offer heightened user control, customization, more compatibility with the modern web and more robust functionality than IE, Edge can be considered the face of Windows 10’s approach to life.
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