Mozilla blocks Flash as Facebook security chief calls for its death

[JMH]

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 a range of other plugins and software when they were found to have security holes. Schmidt also noted that Firefox users can still choose to enable Flash in the settings menu if they wish.

https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/14/...s-facebook-security-chief-calls-for-its-death

 

[Patrick]

All we need is to kill Java and Flash and we're a few steps in the right direction.

Java is a lot easier than Flash, as a lot of sites still depend on Flash (like a slew of school/uni websites). Java should also be given a slow, painful death for its crimes.