Staying Safe on the Web Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

The World Wide Web is rapidly evolving, and its corresponding security and privacy problems are changing, too. More than ever before, user agents such as Firefox are being relied upon to provide a safe browsing experience, and so we must adapt to the ever-changing state of the Web. Sid will recount some stories of security problems in Mozilla's past and will examine the current state of security and privacy in Firefox. Finally, he will describe the future of the Web browser, covering Mozilla's plans for upcoming releases and examining some questions in Web security and privacy that don't yet have answers.