Security News > 2020 > October > Microsoft IE Browser Death March Hastens
On Monday, Microsoft hastened its IE-to-Edge browser-transition strategy and announced new controls for users and IT staff when it comes to how the lame-duck browser will handle a growing list of websites incompatible with IE. Those include YouTube, Twitter, Yahoo Mail and 1,153 other leading internet destinations.
As a point of reference, the Microsoft Edge web browser comes built into Windows 10.
In 2015 Microsoft said it would replace IE with Edge in an effort to support modern browser functions, such as extensions.
Last Monday, Microsoft explained that users of IE who visited an incompatible website would be presented with an interstitial webpage alerting them they were being redirected to Microsoft Edge.
Things have come full circle, with some arguing switching to Microsoft's Edge Chromium browser is a way to avoid Google's data collection, while still being able to reap the benefits the same browser engine.