Mozilla blocks Flash as Facebook security chief calls for its death

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After yesterday's news that Facebook's new chief security officer wants to set a date to kill Flash once and for all, the latest version Mozilla's Firefox browser now blocks Adobe's vulnerability-riddled software as standard. Mark Schmidt, the head of the Firefox support team at Mozilla, tweeted that all versions of Flash Player are blocked in the browser as of its latest update, accompanying the news with an image showing a raised fist and the phrase "Occupy Flash."

Schmidt later clarified that while the software was blocked in the latest version of Firefox, Mozilla will enable support for Flash as default for its browser when Adobe releases a version that isn't being actively exploited by known vulnerabilities. The company has previously blocked Flash, Java, and other plugins and software when they were found to have security holes. Schmidt also noted that Firefox users can still choose to enable Flash if they wish in the settings menu.

Mark Schmidt clarified Firefox's support for Flash in a tweet sent some time after his first, noting that future versions of the software may again be enabled by default if Adobe releases a new version.

BIG NEWS!! All versions of Flash are blocked by default in Firefox as of now. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p946 #tech #infosec

https://twitter.com/MarkSchmidty/status/620783674561327104/
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To be clear, Flash is only blocked until Adobe releases a version which isn't being actively exploited by publicly known vulnerabilities.

https://twitter.com/MarkSchmidty/status/620806013768323072
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Amiga500 said:
how will linux users who use firefox be affected by this.?.Firefox will lose many users because of this.
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Those users should improve their knowledge! If they use Firefox then they may know how to enable it again.
No matter what it costs, Firefox took a great step. It is an action what I waiting for. Other companies should do this and developers will focus on HTML5 more after this steps.
 
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Amiga500 said:
how will linux users who use firefox be affected by this.?.Firefox will lose many users because of this.
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Most of these vulnerabilities are targeted towards windows users. But the Linux community is welcoming this move by Firefox.

Flash is too old & should die soon.
 
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Firefox on linux is stuck on version 11.2 so yes i agree the linux community will very much welcome the demise of flash..this begs several questions.
1.when will this demise (if ever) occur.?
2.what are linux FF users supposed to do in the meantime.?.I have personally tried a few online games in my firefox and sure i can circumvent the restriction and run the games,but at what risk is there in doing this.

I hope a solution is to be found swiftly.
 
Amiga500 said:
Firefox on linux is stuck on version 11.2 so yes i agree the linux community will very much welcome the demise of flash..this begs several questions.
1.when will this demise (if ever) occur.?
2.what are linux FF users supposed to do in the meantime.?.I have personally tried a few online games in my firefox and sure i can circumvent the restriction and run the games,but at what risk is there in doing this.

I hope a solution is to be found swiftly.
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Adobe has already released an update. So just update your system.
 
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