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Adobe Releases 'Critical' Update for Flash After Security Vulnerability Discovered
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Flash has its uses, people. Can't believe some of the comments here.
Whenever I need to torture test a computer, I run a Flash video. Certainly easier than running Intel Burn/Prime95.
You could also launch the terminal in OS X and run
Code:
yesThere's also a Linux stress package that'll let you specifically test your HD, RAM, or CPU… unless I'm mistaken, it'll compile fine for OS X, too. Doesn't have a means for stressing your GPU, though.
On Windows there are plenty of apps with GUIs that were made for stressing different parts of your computer… including your GPU, if I'm not mistaken.
Wouldn't you say Flash has "more" critical issues than most?
Name another 5 softwares that have it more than Flash, I like to know my errors.
Just five? Internet Explorer, JRE, Chrome, Firefox, Thunderbird, Adobe Reader, and Acrobat. You could also count SeaMonkey if you want.
Edit: Also, there is a year on year decrease of vulnerabilities found in Flash.
Ok, I uninstalled it...
Why on earth do I need it?
I've been using Youtube5 anyways.
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Don't say that about JRE. It's cool, I love developing for Java SE.
Why on earth do I need it?
I've been using Youtube5 anyways.
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Don't say that about JRE. It's cool, I love developing for Java SE.
Doesn't stop the fact that in 2013, it had more vulnerabilities than Adobe Flash.
I question whether you actually understand what DRM, eBooks, or Flash Player actually are.
That's really not how it happened.
Apple tried to work with Adobe to bring Flash to the iPhone but Adobe failed to deliver a product that met Apple's expectations for user experience. This should come as no surprise to anyone as Flash had been languishing for many years at that point and lots of people (me included) loathed it.
Apple didn't cut Flash out of the iOS platform out of spite. They did it because it bogged down their product and produced an unsatisfactory user experience. Anyone who has used Flash on Android (especially early on) knows how bad it was. Apple was doing their users and their product a huge favor in taking a stand against Flash. It was--and continues to be--awful.
Such as?
I didn't say they did it out of spite. I said they did it before an alternative was ready. The problem was that while flash was bad, it filled a hole that nothing else was ready to fill.
As for what can't do today what Flash does? An easy example is cheap and quick games. Even if they are possible with HTML5/JavaScript? That relies a lot on you having the right browser. Install flash and you don't have to worry about whether or not your browser supports certain features or how quickly it renders JS. You dont have to worry about whether or not your browser will pick up asm.js.
So I guess another thing is work on most platforms with little worry.
Boy, Flash must be the unluckiest software on the planet. No matter how much it's fixed up, there's always another vulnerability discovered. Never by Adobe, mind you.
Jobs was right. It's not safe.
Undoubtedly all part of the government snooping kit that Adobe supplies - Insight, Omniture, Flash. And I can't help thinking iPhone snooping via ad tracking, is all part of this suite.
Jobs was right. It's not safe.
Undoubtedly all part of the government snooping kit that Adobe supplies - Insight, Omniture, Flash. And I can't help thinking iPhone snooping via ad tracking, is all part of this suite.
I think because it isn't really the update itself, rathen than a downloader, i.e. it's an online installer, not an offline.
I thought HTML5 was the future way of browsing the internet? Why are we still using Adobe Flash, even worse why does Netflix still using Microsoft Silverlight for streaming movies or TV Shows? Netflix or Apple also tell us why is it when we stream Netflix on Apple TV it keeps snapping back to SD instead of streaming in Super HD this has been happening since December 2013.
Oh well this thing will never be fixed.
Oh well this thing will never be fixed.
Good news, login to Netflix, Account -> Playback Settings, you'll notice a new option "Prefer HTML5 Player instead of Silverlight"
I wasn't aware of that either, thank you.
However, when I change the preference and I go to play a movie, it still ask me to install that stupid silverlight player which for some reason I can't install it on my PC.
Are you aware if Adobe usually provide a fuller picture after a period of time has passed or does the information leak from another source?
Since updating to this last night, the 100% kernel task Mavericks bug that is heavily documented all over the web has stopped affecting my system. I had tried everything and had just grown to live with a super slow system until the next Mavericks update but now it appears to have gone immediately after installing this latest Flash.
This makes me wonder if my machine was compromised through Adobe Flash.
I dislike Flash, but I can't argue with all your other comments here about its reliability compared to other platforms, however the argument that Apple started too soon is silly.
What should they have done? Delayed the iPhone launch for a couple of years until HTML5 matured? We're way past 2 years now, and HTML5 still doesn't compete on features with Flash. Should they have just installed it anyway, despite the alleged battery drain and performance problems? By Adobe's own claims, Flash was widespread on the internet so a poorly performing Flash player would have crippled the early iPhone.
Apple disagreed with your assessment. They didn't see 'the problem' as, there's no viable alternative to Flash, they saw the problem as people thinking they needed it. Adobe was using the promise of cheap mini games and pointless graphical frills as a lure to getting the public to install something they didn't need, thus eventually obtaining a stranglehold on the internet. In Adobe's own words, you couldn't access the 'full web' without Flash. How creepy is that? Adobe's grip was a far bigger problem, and unlikely to get better on its own.
It seemed like we needed Flash because all websites used it, and all websites used it because all users had it. That kind of cycle doesn't break itself. I'm not saying Apple acted selflessly to break it, but their published rationale when it came down to it, was pretty solid and hindsight has shown they made the right choice. There still isn't an alternative to Flash, but you have to wonder whether the world really cares.
The fact that it is so popular and is used on many different browsers and many different systems makes it complex and a very tempting target for a lot of people who are looking for exploits. That alone can account for a lot of this type of stuff.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/09/tech/mobile/flash-steve-jobs/
It's a shame that I still have to install it as many websites still ask for it
Now shutting down Safari to update.
EDIT: I even had to close the system preferences for the update...this is getting ridiculous
Yea pressing Command Q is such a chore.
Lol
LOL.
I do not use Flash for anything vital and I'd rather not have my identity compromised.
Adobe has dropped the ball with security measures big time lately (the CC user information breach etc.) An easy decision for me to let it go.
LOL.
I do not use Flash for anything vital and I'd rather not have my identity compromised.
Adobe has dropped the ball with security measures big time lately (the CC user information breach etc.) An easy decision for me to let it go.