Mac OS X Safari Web Browser is secure?

[myitrumors]

From a Security prospective, has been happening more often in recent times, that I receive email instructions on how to create a new user account for several web applications. E.G. Payroll system, Hotel Chain Company, etc.


Within the email instructions on how to create the user account, there is often the following note:

Please make sure you are using either Firefox or Chrome as your web browser and clear your cache and cookies.


Now, taking out of the equation Internet Explorer and clearing cache and cookies, how come (I guess) the Mac OS X Safari Web Browser Application is considered not secure? Or why the Safari Web Browser Application is not mentioned?

 

[junkw]

market share I guess, as Edge is not on the list either. The new Edge is a Chromium fork so probably as secure as Chrome

Or they are just too lazy to add more

 

[machenryr]

I had the same question. I’m running Catalina. Firefox is supposedly more secure, but with the various security updates with Catalina I’m wondering whether similar care has been given to Safari. I stopped using Safari, but I have more bookmarks and passwords stored on it than Firefox at this point, making clean installs easier.

 

[arn]

Ya, on desktop, Safari is only 4% of browsers

Browser market share

This report lists the market share of the top browsers in use, like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera.

netmarketshare.com

On mobile, however, it's 27% due to iOS

Browser market share

This report lists the market share of the top browsers in use, like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera.

netmarketshare.com

 

[junkw]

Or they just don't want to provide customer support for those

 

[Ritsuka]

Because they don't test their web crap with Safari.
It's totally unrelated to security.