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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1314823">On a desktop or notebook Mac there are no limitations on the Flash Player. While I share her view that the program is a security nightmare, Adobe has been fairly quick about fixing security issues as they come up, so simply staying up-to-date with the software should keep the sensible user reasonably safe.To make her use of Flash safer still, a flash ad-blocker or even ClickToFlash might be the best solution for her. This blocks ALL Flash but it can be reactivated on a case-by-case basis. For video sites like YouTube the site will automatically &quot;fall back&quot; to HTML5 so this should not be much of an issue in normal use, and sites that rely heavily on Flash that she wants to visit can be &quot;whitelisted&quot; so that they work normally.At this point in time, I recommend to users that you continue to keep Flash around for its utility purposes, but augment it with an ad-blocker (or ClickToFlash if necessary) and keep the Flash Player up-to-date.Speaking of that last bit of advice, there is some Mac-specific malware going around that tries to pretend it IS a Flash updater/installer, so I'd suggest that you DO NOT update your Flash Player unless you have gone on your own to Adobe's Flash website and upgrade from there ONLY.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1314823"] On a desktop or notebook Mac there are no limitations on the Flash Player. While I share her view that the program is a security nightmare, Adobe has been fairly quick about fixing security issues as they come up, so simply staying up-to-date with the software should keep the sensible user reasonably safe. To make her use of Flash safer still, a flash ad-blocker or even ClickToFlash might be the best solution for her. This blocks ALL Flash but it can be reactivated on a case-by-case basis. For video sites like YouTube the site will automatically "fall back" to HTML5 so this should not be much of an issue in normal use, and sites that rely heavily on Flash that she wants to visit can be "whitelisted" so that they work normally. At this point in time, I recommend to users that you continue to keep Flash around for its utility purposes, but augment it with an ad-blocker (or ClickToFlash if necessary) and keep the Flash Player up-to-date. Speaking of that last bit of advice, there is some Mac-specific malware going around that tries to pretend it IS a Flash updater/installer, so I'd suggest that you DO NOT update your Flash Player unless you have gone on your own to Adobe's Flash website and upgrade from there ONLY. [/QUOTE]

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