Firefox has blocked all versions of Flash player

[Jazzy]

Internet browser Firefox has blocked all versions of Flash player, preventing million of users from watching videos and adverts online.

The head of Firefox support team at Mozilla, Mark Schmidt, tweeted a statement in which they promise to ‘occupy flash’ by preventing its use on their browser.

Why are they doing this?

Mozilla claim Adobe need to fix certain bugs in their flash player, namely two ‘zero day flaws’ which critics claim make users more vulnerable online.

Hackers have reportedly been using these vulnerabilities to exploit users.

While Firefox users will be able to access videos once they click through a warning, the block does mean any default flash videos (including adverts) will not be seen.

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[Smiley]

/me opens Firefox & checks

Works fine for me. Smooth like an android's butt.

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[Webster]

Another reason not to use Firefox...

 

[DrLeftover]

No problems here today on either machine I've used.