Sarah S writes "The application security researcher Jeremiah Grossman has told CSO magazine about the extreme measure he takes to stay safe online, which involves using two separate browsers: "One, which he calls the 'promiscuous' browser, is the one he uses for ordinary browsing. A second browser is used only for security-critical tasks such as online banking. When Grossman wants to do online banking, he closes his promiscous browser, opens the more prudish one, and does only what he has to do before closing it and going back to his insecure browser."" Link to Original Source
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It works better to do things the other way, using the "prudish" browser all the time and the "promiscuous" browser once in a while for junk that won't render. If you use the "promiscuous" browser all the time, you are going to end up with a keylogger and all is lost. If you use the "prudish" browser all the time, you will get the news and what you need from all but a few dumb sites. When you get to those sites you can decide if they are worth the time and risk of firing up something else.
Crazy. (Score:1)
It works better to do things the other way, using the "prudish" browser all the time and the "promiscuous" browser once in a while for junk that won't render. If you use the "promiscuous" browser all the time, you are going to end up with a keylogger and all is lost. If you use the "prudish" browser all the time, you will get the news and what you need from all but a few dumb sites. When you get to those sites you can decide if they are worth the time and risk of firing up something else.