"Commander Kinsey" wrote
| But don't loads of legitimate sites need those? I'd end up with constant
pestering "do you want to enable Java" notices. Youtube uses Flash for
example. Many pages use Flash.
|
Suit yourself. I've never needed Flash. I doubt youtube
requires Flash. It's being phased out. Even Adobe, who
make it, are phasing it out -- at the end of next year.
2015. 8 of the top ten online exploits used Flash:
https://www.recordedfuture.com/top-v...bilities-2015/
2016. 6 for Flash. 2 for IE. 1 Silverlight. 1 Windows:
https://www.recordedfuture.com/top-v...bilities-2016/
Flash probably isn't exploited as much now, only because
less people have it. Other big exploits are Wordpress hacks,
jquery vulnerabilities, etc. Virtually all possible attacks
require script.