[RndTbl] Well, so much for Firefox on Linux...
Trevor Cordes
trevor at tecnopolis.ca
Thu Feb 6 14:10:41 CST 2014
On 2014-02-04 Adam Thompson wrote:
> Adobe goes out of band to fix frightful Flash flaw • The Register
> http://feedly.com/k/1bsyJwR
>
> Note that there are NO further updates for Flash Player on Linux
> *except* through the built-in Flash player in Chrome. -Adam
OK, so what are we supposed to do if we don't like Chrome and Google's
omnipresent spying? What if we really like our Firefox plugins?
I have Firefox noscript which also blocks embedded flash until I allow
it, so am I mostly protected as long as sites I trust don't get hacked?
Why support one browser and not others? I mean, you're already porting
and compiling anyhow, is the decision political? Snubbing FOSS like
that does not endear a company to me.
Are we yet at the stage where Flash can be abandoned completely without
too much inconvenience? Are we to rpm -e our flash-plugin?
And you keep saying "there are NO further updates" but my current
version is from Jan 16 and I see the new update for this flaw is
already on the repo. Sure looks like they're still updating it!
If the open source community can come up with a Mono, why not an
OpenFlash? Flash is pervasive, yet it is obscure, unused Silverlight
that gets a clone? Huh?
And why is it that Adobe can't program worth beans? Their stuff has
become the #1 vector for malware. Their record exceeds that of even
Mighty Malware Magnet Microsoft!
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