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meaning we don't know, but lets put this out there) So adding a feature that helps people be more secure against a specific threat (using bad passwords that have been broken) makes the product less secure? This makes no sense, but it's just put in there to spread Fear (FF is less secure because of added security features) and Doubt ("could in theory". > That could in theory make it less secure Thus this is a net addition, and not to the detriment of other work

Troy Hunt) wouldn't had the skills or inclination to bring other enhancements to Firefox. The problem here is that this is not a zero-sum game: the people that worked on this (e.g. It's like saying - if we wouldn't spend money on the space program, we could feed Africa with that money. Arguably, if Firefox is devoting resources to this then it's not got resources to spend on other issues.