Just say NO to Flash
You may have been hearing recently about how Steve Jobs has criticized Adobe’s Flash software and refused to include it with the iPhone. Lots of reasons have been given, and some of them may even be true. But, from our perspective here, we’ve been preaching against Flash simply from a security perspective for a couple years now, with at least six entries in this blog alone.
It seems we’re getting a lot of company lately. Not only has Steve allegedly called it “a buggy Mac crasher” (with “buggy” being the cause of most of the security vulnerabilities in the world), but now TUAW has joined the chorus:
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...one of the features I used most often was "Disable Plugins" -- which was really another way of saying "Disable Flash," and I do that these days in Safari using ClickToFlash.
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They’re even channeling security guru (and big-time Mac hacker) Charlie Miller:
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When it comes to browser security, Charlie Miller says that it's all about Flash. More specifically, avoiding Flash.... “The main thing is not to install Flash!”
For years one of our mantras here (and in the book) has been “Just say NO to FTP.” Well now it’s also “Just say NO to Flash.”
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
