Put a Fork in it.

Finally, there’s a real push to get rid of one of the worst exploit vectors. Ever since Alex Stamos’ tweet calling for an end-of-life for Flash there is accelerating agreement that it’s time to kill flash.

The idea of Flash is a good one. A standard, ubiquitous app that all browsers can use to display video—sort of like PDF for video. It makes it easier on content providers, browser manufacturers, and users. Sadly, Flash is so riddled with security holes that it’s unusable. Anyone with a clue has long since disabled it. I stopped using it over a year ago and probably waited too long.

Even though I seldom notice it’s no longer installed, I occasionally run across some video that I would like to watch but that is available only in Flash. I just move on but maybe an official end-of-life for Flash will get content providers to stop publishing in it. We’ll all be better off for it.

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