Re:Flash Player is about to stop working on Windows 10
by TwoBit on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:20PM
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No, because JavaScript isn't nearly the bug factory that Flash was. Literally every month there was a new Flash full compromise bug, for multiple years.
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Re:Flash Player is about to stop working on Windows 10
by nn3 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:19PM
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Have you ever read the release notes of your browser?
JavaScript has holes basically every month too
Re:Flash Player is about to stop working on Windows 10
by TwoBit on Saturday January 09, 2021 @03:09AM
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Lol read this which was just posted today and makes my claims seem stupid:https://threatpost.com/firefox-chrome-edge-bugs-system-hijac...
Well it still may be harder to attack this than Flash, but still...
Re:Flash Player is about to stop working on Windows 10
by TwoBit on Friday January 08, 2021 @09:46PM
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It's true that security bugs are being fixed in most Chrome releases. However, these seem to be much more obscure and/or hard to capitalize on compared to the Flash bugs. I admit I don't have a proof of that.