I tried to make clear that this is my personal experience and impressions, not a declaration of fact: "seems to have", "my impression", etc.. I should have gone further and said "this happens to me, has anybody else had this problem?" My apologies.
However, and however anecdotal the evidence, the vulnerability was in the browser -- Chrome is what allowed the Java applet to run without my consent. Firefox, visiting the very same sites over the same period was not affected, nor at any other time in the past 8 years of using it. That was my point.
However, and however anecdotal the evidence, the vulnerability was in the browser -- Chrome is what allowed the Java applet to run without my consent. Firefox, visiting the very same sites over the same period was not affected, nor at any other time in the past 8 years of using it. That was my point.