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Old 2nd February 2010
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Default Anti-Internet Explorer 6 protests grow with online petition (UK)

Appeals for UK.gov to ditch aged browser

See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02...er_6_petition/
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However, as we reported yesterday, the UK government declared it was unmoved by security concerns surrounding IE 6. It claimed its system, along with regular MS updates, meant it was robust enough against the kind of attack that claimed over 30 corporate firms at the end of last year.
So how long before they get cracked?
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Maybe some of them have been cracked, but haven't noticed it yet.

From the other side an UK Department of Health, advised the NHS, the UK's National Health Service, to ditch IE6 and use IE7. See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/01/doh_ie6/
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Just today I had a customer on the phone who *needed* IE6 for some banking site According to the bank IE8 was still "too new and untested" or so he told me ...

Seriously, I would refuse to use IE for anything even closely related to banking ...
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