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Re:Ruffle – An Adobe Flash Player Written in Rust Compiled t... by checktheorder on Sunday August 18, 2019 @09:04AM (#20729920)
As someone who dealt professionally with security issues from about 2000 onwards, many involving Flash 0-days, I have about as much fond remembrance of Flash as I do for polio or smallpox. I regard it as an infectious scourge that humanity has finally largely eradicated, and we're healthier for it.
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Re:Ruffle – An Adobe Flash Player Written in Rust Compiled t... by josefx on Sunday August 18, 2019 @10:22AM (#20730276)
As someone who used browsers in 2000 I have the same fond remembrance of JavaScript. Yet for some reason it still spreads like aids instead of following flash on its way out.
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Re:Ruffle – An Adobe Flash Player Written in Rust Compiled t... by checktheorder on Sunday August 18, 2019 @01:15PM (#20731478)
Apples to oranges. Javascript is an open-standard language, not a closed black box runtime like Flash.
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Re:Ruffle – An Adobe Flash Player Written in Rust Compiled t... by pjmlp on Monday August 19, 2019 @01:04AM (#20735018)
Ah, so now it is ok to have possible exploits or pages that are just a big canvas, 'cause open standards. /s
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