Quote:Google has toned down its rhetoric by no longer displaying a security warning on its extension store to Microsoft Edge users that tells them to switch to Chrome to be more secure.
 
As the new Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium, browser extensions designed for Google Chrome are also compatible with Microsoft's new Edge browser.
 
Starting last month, Microsoft Edge users visiting the Chrome Web Store were greeted with a yellow alert stating that they should switch to Chrome to "use extensions securely".
 
As Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome run extensions in the same manner, this looked to many like Google was just taking shots at Microsoft's new browser out of fear of losing market share.
 
Google, though, told BleepingComputer that they are displaying this alert because Microsoft Edge does not support Google's Safe Browsing Feature.
 
As this feature is used by the Chrome team to pull malicious extensions, Microsoft Edge users would not have the benefit of this security feature and would continue to use the malicious extension.
 
While true, their alert could have been worded better to indicate the lack of this protection rather than implying that Microsoft Edge is less secure.
 
Google must have realized that their alert was not making them look so good and is no longer displaying it to Microsoft Edge users.