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Flash. Must. Die. – Google, Mozilla Disable Flash Over Security Concerns

July 15, 2015 /

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Adobe Flash–that insecure, ubiquitous resource hog everyone hates to need–is under siege, again, and hopefully for the last time. The latest calls for its retirement come from some of the Internet’s most powerful players, but if the combined clattering of Facebook, Firefox, and a legion of unsatisfied users isn’t enough finally to put it in the ground, scroll down to see how to axe it from your devices yourself.

Why would you want to?

Brian Barrett

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/2015/07/adobe-flash-player-die/

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Google, Mozilla Disable Flash Over Security Concerns

For a while Tuesday, Silicon Valley turned off its Flash.

Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome browsers blocked old versions Adobe ‘sADBE +0.10% animation software — often used to play online videos — following news reports that hackers were using a security bug to take over peoples’ computers.

The moves came two days after Facebook ‘sFB +0.39% top security executive, Alex Stamos, publicly called for Adobe to discontinue Flash.

By Danny Yadron

Full Story: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/07/14/google-mozilla-disable-flash-over-security-concerns/

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