Do you (still) use flash?

[Windows_Security]

HTML5 offers alternatives to media plugin. Some plugins survive their end of life support because companies have invested heavily in creating services which use these plugins (e.g. some television on demand services are still using Silverlight).

Years after Mac (copy of Linux) and Android (another copy of Linux) have dropped support for flash player, Google is now actively depreciating flash usage in Chrome browser. Flash will be phased out soon. What is your position/preference on using flash?

 

[Omnipotent]

I have flash disabled in chrome://plugins.
Java & Silverlight are uninstalled.

 

[SHvFl]

Disabled in Chrome. On demand when needed in Firefox(almost never).

 

[Venustus]

Disabled in Chrome.

 

[Myriad]

ALL Adobe products are a security nightmare ( my personal opinion .... just in case any Adobe lawyers are reading )

They should all be sent to that slum area of Hell , where the souls of evil dictators and torturers go .

PS - on reading what I just wrote , it's possible that I didn't express my opinions strongly enough

 

[Soulbound]

Have it enabled on all my systems still (including linux)

 

[tonibalas]

Have it enabled on all my systems still

Same here, i have it enabled on Cent since i like seeing some of the ads from the sites i visit.

 

[Vasudev]

Set to on demand for testing internet using speedtest.net on FF.

 

[Dirk41]

Only in chrome if I have to see videos that use it . Otherwise I use FF that does not have it pre installed ( isn't it ) ?

 

[frogboy]

Click to enable in Cyberfox, Slinjet my main two browsers.

 

[Myriad]

" Different strokes for different folks "

As I said , a personal opinion .... but it is so last century !

We deserve something much better now .

 

[enaph]

Only Chrome built-in plugin.

 

[tonibalas]

We deserve something much better now .

I think most members would agree with that thought

 

[aragornnnn]

Disabled in chrome

 

[Ana_Filiz]

Enable it as i need it to properly view some websites.

 

[hjlbx]

• Flash has a long-established, centralized reporting\mitigation routine that has be honed over many years.
• HTML5 will turn out to be just as vulnerable as Flash; when Flash dries-up on the net, the malc0ders will descend upon HTML5 like vultures at the kill.
• In the end, nothing will really change by replacing Flash with HTML5.

Who is gonna take responsibility for implementing, operating and maintaining an HTML5 vulnerability reporting\mitigation system, make advisories, announcements, etc ?

W3C ? WHATWG ? - I don't think so...

At least with Flash you got the security pushes from Adobe and close collaborators. With HTML5 maybe some will implement fixes - and a LOT of others won't.

HTML5 seems like a great idea, but you're screwed... that's what...

Adobe should change the next Flash version to HTML6... LOL. Industry will go bonkerz because all that matters is what's not really important.

 

[Dirk41]

@hjlbx really true, we have to jump from sw to sw .

But who cares, I live in a sandbox

 

[Overkill]

Disabled in Chrome

 

[kev216]

I still use Pepper Flash player in Vivaldi, because I need it on some sites (news sites, but also for university). I know that it has a lot of leaks and security holes, but in my opinion it's also exaggerated to say that you are complete insecure if you use flash. The vulnerabilities are widely used by hackers, but as a home user, I think that if you are using good protection (AV, firewall, etc.) you should not worry about infections. Most people, and me too, just use it to watch some videos on sites that are not html5-ready yet, so imo that's not the main target of hackers. Adobe is still patching it regularly, so as long as you keep it up to date as quick as possible, there is not so much to worry about. I have 'click to play' enabled in Vivaldi, so I choose which content can use flash. You can perfectly keep control yourself. Same with other plugins like Silverlight and Java, but they are already not available in Chromium browsers since they stopped the compatibility with NPAPPI plugins, so I don't have them installed anymore.

 

[hjlbx]

@hjlbx really true, we have to jump from sw to sw .

But who cares, I live in a sandbox

If you compare the CVEs for Flash versus Windows - well... - we might as well do away with Windows too.

Everybody move to Linux.

12 - 18 months down the road and malc0ders are having a field-day - and BAM ! - the first billion dollar ripper wipes out the equivalent of the GDP of one of the Carribean island nations.

Security via obscurity is utter nonsense.