In April 2010, Steve Jobs dismissed Flash as a relic from the desktop days when he wrote “ Flash was created during the PC era–for PCs and mice.” Five years later, in April 2015, Google adjusted search algorithms to favor sites that are mobile-friendly. Neither of the most-used mobile browsers–Google’s Chrome on Android and Apple’s Safari on iOS–supports Flash. In July 2015, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer, Alex 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.”Īnd Flash isn’t mobile-friendly. According to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report in 2014, “Adobe Flash objects were the most commonly detected type of object hosted on malicious pages in every quarter except 2Q14” ( see page 34 of the report for details). According to information on the American Cancer Society website, “Cigarette smoking has decreased among adults in the United States from about 42% of the population in 1965 to 18% in 2012.” Yet even today, “Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death,” says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Īdobe Flash doesn’t kill, but it sure does cause problems and concern.įlash thrives on malicious sites. For more info, visit our Terms of Use page. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews. We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. Andy Wolber shows you how to disable Flash in Chrome on your system-and for your entire organization. It's time to end your use of Adobe Flash.

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