Microsoft Researchers Tease “Super Duper Secure Mode” For Edge

Microsoft Researchers Tease “Super Duper Secure Mode” For Edge


Ever since the release of the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge internet browser in early 2020, it has, slowly but surely, been tempting a significant number of users away who were once very firmly entrenched in the Google Chrome camp. Many of us here at eTeknix made the swap shortly after its release and given the fact that none of us have felt compelled to change back since, this is perhaps the biggest indicator you need that, at least when compared to the original Edge, the new version is massively better.

When it comes to any sort of online activity, however, there will always be some users who place a higher premium on security over performance, and following a report via The Verge, Microsoft researchers have teased that a new Edge update might bring with it a “super duper secure mode”.


Microsoft Edge “Super Duper Secure Mode”


The methodology behind this new ‘super secure mode’ is rather complex, but we can break it down into some relatively simple key points. At the time of writing, Edge, like many browsers, utilises a feature within the Javascript known as Just-In-Time compilation (or JIT). This is a key factor in what makes web pages load exceptionally fast within the browser, but it does come with somethi ..

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