Why is Adobe Flash Player required sometimes -alternatives?

If a particular website is still using Flash to day its best to not want to visit it. Adobe is known for its security vulnerabilities. And its not just about scams or other annoying ads.

It's what Flash may allow someone to do on your computer without you even knowing about it.

http://www.csoonline.com/article/3158488/security/are-the-adobe-flash-vulnerabil ities-leaving-you-feeling-scared.html

Flash is a media content delivery platform. Web Developers can choose to use it to deliver audio, video or other content, but its never been particularly safe or good at it.

If a particular website is still using flash in 2017 its best to avoid it at this time. Adobe is in no risk of going under, it makes many other products that do quite well, including Photoshop, After Effects and others.

Flash however is a dying technology and should be actively avoided.

Yes, it is a browser plug-in. I use Adobe Flash Player myself and have had no issues with it. However there are many bogus Flash Player installs on the internet. They will download malware. To avoid this only download Flash Player from Official Adobe website.

Adobe Flash Player Install for all versions

Also never follow any instructions from pop-ups that tell you to update Flash Player. Only update from within System Preferences > Adobe Flash Player (once installed), or from Official Adobe website.

Adobe Flash Player is the state of the art motion/video plug in.

Adobe is the target of a number of hacking and scam attempts every day, just as Microsoft, Apple, Dell, and a ton of other technology companies are scam targets. Hackers consider a successful hack of these companies the holy grail of the hacking community.

You can avoid all of those scams by using the Adobe official website. Click on download Flash.

Avoid trying to Google the Adobe Flash layer. You'l find a ton of links to Flash...some good, some not so good.

This is the official link to get Flash: Adobe Flash Player Install for all versions , however, if you're still cautious, I'd recommend going directly to Adobe at adobe.com, clicking on support, and choosing download and install. Flash is at the bottom of that page.

Hi Phil, you are correct that Flash is a dying technology. However, if it is necessary to view a particular website I see nothing wrong with using it, as long as you don't fall for any of the Flash Player scams out there. Adobe is still actively issuing security updates for it and in years of using it, I've never had a problem.

KiltedTim wrote:

Stuart423 wrote:

Adobe Flash Player is the state of the art motion/video plug in.

Hardly. Adobe Flash Player is a security nightmare and is slowly but surely dying a well deserved death.

Indeed.

If I absolutely positively MUST access content on a page that requires Flash, I use the Chrome browser. Flash player is built into it and is updated by Google automagically.

If my employer does not require that I access the page, and it requires the use of Flash, I'll take my eyeballs elsewhere. I despise Flash and will not willingly support any company or web property that requires its use.

I Could not agree more with Kilted Tim.

Unfortunately there are no alternatives.

But, if you absolutely positively need to use Flash some reason, Chrome is a good choice, and making sure its only allowed to run for the particular website you need to use would be the best course of action.

https://www.technorms.com/37427/disable-flash-for-specific-websites-in-chrome-fi refox

Chrome is a completely separate browser, as noted above. Yes, chrome can be intrusive. But I ONLY use it for content I have no choice but to access, and since I don't sign into a google account when I use it (Chrome is a Google product), I'm not worried about google tracking me.

You can download it at google.com/chrome

You just open Safari instead for Chrome.

They are two separate applications. You open them separately. Like opening Safari and another Applications. When you open another application and you want to go back to Safari, you open Safari.

Chrome is not a search engine choice within Safari. Chrome is a separate Browser application not a search engine.

You can download Chrome from: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html

Install it, and use it to open the website that is requiring Flash.

The installer package would be in Downloads. From there you would need to open the DMG file and install the application in your Applications folder.

There (in the Applications folder) it would sit inactive until you open it. You can then close it at any time and it would again be inactive.

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