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Facebook's New Chief Security Officer Wants To Set a Date To Kill Flash

Posted by samzenpus on from the burn-it-with-fire dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Facebook's new chief security officer, Alex Stamos, has stated publicly that he wants to see Adobe end Flash. This weekend Stamos tweeted: "It is time for Adobe to announce the end-of-life date for Flash and to ask the browsers to set killbits on the same day. Even if 18 months from now, one set date is the only way to disentangle the dependencies and upgrade the whole ecosystem at once."

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  1. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So they can stop getting mentioned every time a security vulnerability is exposed?

  2. Same date to Kill Facebook too? by krelvin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use the same date to turn off Facebook too?

  3. Facebook or Google decides by CaroKann · · Score: 4, Funny

    So Facebook wants to decide what will work on the Internet now? I thought that was Googles job.

  4. I have a better idea. by epyT-R · · Score: 3, Funny

    Despite flash being a scourge, it would be better for the internet to pick a day to kill off facebook.

  5. Re:Why? by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Adobe is a strong believer in "There's no such thing as bad publicity."

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  6. Re:Do your part nerds! by ArcadeMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dude, you can't just mention "furry porn flash games" and not link to any. That's just rude.

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