{"424951":{"#nid":"424951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mozilla blocks Flash","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s no secret that even Adobe isn\u2019t very fond of Flash anymore. While\u0026nbsp;it served its purpose in the early days of the web, HTML5 and other web standards now allow developers to replicate most of its functionality without having to rely on what has increasingly become an insecure and inefficient\u0026nbsp;plug-in. Google\u2019s YouTube already defaults to HTML5 instead of Flash and Chrome will soon start auto-pausing Flash content it doesn\u2019t consider \u2018\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/06\/04\/chrome-now-automatically-pauses-flash-content-that-isnt-central-to-a-web-page\/\u0022\u003Ecentral\u003C\/a\u003E\u2018 to a web page.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003EOverall, the web is better off without Flash and as Facebook\u2019s chief security officer Alex Stamos said a few days ago, it\u2019s probably time to set an end-of-life date for Flash.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Facebook security chief calls for its death"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdobe today finally released a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/conversations\/2015\/07\/resolution-for-recent-flash-player-vulnerabilities.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epatched version of Flash\u003C\/a\u003E, but Firefox users may have to manually update their Flash installs to get this new version (assuming they actually want to use Flash again). This marks the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/07\/08\/adobe-is-patching-a-hole-the-hacking-team-used-to-exploit-flash\/\u0022\u003Esecond time\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in a week that Adobe had to patch a Flash vulnerability because of the Hacking Team leaks.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"After yesterday\u0027s news that Facebook\u0027s new chief security officer wants to set a date to kill Flash once and for all, the latest version Mozilla\u0027s Firefox browser now blocks Adobe\u0027s vulnerability-riddled software as standard."}],"uid":"28119","created_gmt":"2015-07-15 09:59:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:04","author":"David Lacy","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"424941":{"id":"424941","type":"image","title":"Adobe Flash Icon","body":null,"created":"1449254319","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:38:39","changed":"1475895162","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:42","alt":"Adobe Flash Icon","file":{"fid":"202745","name":"adobeflash.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/adobeflash_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/adobeflash_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":15825,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/adobeflash_0.png?itok=Y-1jHYqj"}}},"media_ids":["424941"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/7\/14\/8957177\/mozilla-blocks-flash-as-facebook-security-chief-calls-for-its-death","title":"Read More"}],"groups":[{"id":"424931","name":"ITG"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EContact This Person for More on this story\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.lacy@itg.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}