Microsoft Edge Is Getting a “Super Duper Secure Mode”

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Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser is getting a new feature that promises to boost its security without significant performance losses.



In testing now with the Edge Vulnerability Research team, Microsoft Edge’s new so-called “Super Duper Secure Mode” accomplishes this by removing the Just-In-Time Compilation (JIT) compiler, which is said to be related to around 45 percent of the vulnerabilities that have been observed within the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine.



According to Microsoft Edge Vulnerability Research lead Johnathan Norman, removal of JIT should address roughly half of the V8 bugs seen in many exploits, resulting in a significantly reduced attack surface.



Microsoft Edge’s new Super Duper Secure Mode can be enabled in the Beta, Dev, and Canary channel preview releases by entering edge://flags/#edge-enable-super-duper-secure-mode...

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[Brian_B]

I find it's extremely secure. When I use it to download Chrome.

 

[Paul_Johnson]

If only there was another way to do this. Maybe, by, like killing Javascript?

 

[Nanobot]

Why is it a ‘mode’ instead of standard?

 

[Niner51]

It's still a no from me.

 

[Grimlakin]

Didn't Google already kill Java on the chrome browser?

 

[Brian_B]

Didn't Google already kill Java on the chrome browser?

Yeah, but despite the name, Javascript has almost nothing to do with Java.

 

[Burticus]

Super Dooper Mega Double Secret Probation Mode