View Full Version : Flash 'in the pan'?
Groucho
14th Jul 2015, 09:04
More and more anxiety over vulnerabilities with Flash. Firefox recently disabled the plug-in until the latest update was issued.
Is it time to kill it? Too many security issues? Latest 0day exploit announced today....
Experts Find A Third Hacking Team Flash Exploit, Call For An End To The Madness | TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/14/experts-find-a-third-hacking-team-flash-exploit-call-for-an-end-to-the-madness/?ncid=rss)
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/13/facebook-security-lead-wants-flash-dead/
In a word ... HTML5 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5)
Pelikal
14th Jul 2015, 13:22
Well, saw this today:
Flash Player Plugin 18.0.0.203 (click-to-play) has been blocked for your protection.
Ooops forgot to mention FF39.0.
gemma10
14th Jul 2015, 15:14
I know flash has been causing a lot of probs to many including myself, but is HTML5 a simple fix it for all and do I just download it and run it or what?
win 7 and FF39
henry_crun
14th Jul 2015, 15:28
It's whether your browser supports html5, here's a test:
https://html5test.com/
I got a good result from a cranky old library xp machine running chrome.
Folk saying will not work with FF39. You need to install chrome.
YouTube gives you the option to use html5.
gemma10
14th Jul 2015, 15:44
Interesting, I score 467/555 points. Will give it a try, but I see it doesn`t support streaming. Don`t want anything to do with giggle chrome. :=
Saab Dastard
14th Jul 2015, 17:46
FF39 scores 452/555, using the link above.
IE11, OTOH, only scores 341, on the same PC.
I'm sticking with FF39 for the moment.
SD
Pelikal
14th Jul 2015, 18:34
All I know is something is broke and I didn't break it. I'm p!ssed off.
belfrybat
15th Jul 2015, 04:52
I'm fairly certain html5 will be full of holes too. Java, FF and now Flash. Why can't the authors go over their own source code looking for security bugs? Should be easier than decompiling or whatever, looking at the machine code.
Flash doesn't work on my tablet. If I can't see some sites video/ads, well that's their problem, not mine.
dazdaz1
15th Jul 2015, 13:41
W7 FF35 445/555 score.
MidlandDeltic
15th Jul 2015, 16:46
I'm fairly certain html5 will be full of holes too. Java, FF and now Flash. Why can't the authors go over their own source code looking for security bugs? Should be easier than decompiling or whatever, looking at the machine code.
Because it's cheaper to let the consumer be the beta tester, and the industry has managed to con a large number of people into being frantic to be the first user of any kit / software that comes out to play that role. Win/win for the industry, tough **** if you have your data trashed or identity hacked by insecure and buggy code.
Before you guys write off HTML5, do a search to learn what it is and who has developed it. My link above may be a starting point.
FullOppositeRudder
16th Jul 2015, 11:56
Win 7, aged Celeron, FF 39.0, = 467 / 555
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