MC2 Post 2048 Google Chrome to block auto-playing Flash ads starting September 1

Video players will still work; non-essential content— 

like ads—will be blocked.

From:   http://arstechnica.com

Google has a set a date of September 1 for when its Chrome browser will block all Flash content that isn't "central to the webpage." Flash content, such as ads or auto-playing videos on non-video websites, will be automatically paused by default—but you can click to play them if you wish. Embedded video players on sites like YouTube and Vimeo will still work, of course.

The Flash-blocking feature was initially rolled out to a beta version of Chrome earlier this year. At the time, Google's Tommi Li claimed that the reason for the blocking was battery life, thanks to auto-playing Flash ads consuming a large amount of CPU time.

 

The move could also help stop the spread of malware via malicious Flash ads. Flash has had a long history of security exploits, with the most recent exploit being uncovered in July, which potentially allowed hackers to remotely execute malicious code.


The vast majority of online advertising still makes use of Flash, even on mobile, where Flash has never been fully supported. A recent report by mobile ad management firm Sizmek (PDF) claimed that advertisers tried to deliver more than 5.35 billion Flash ads in Q1 2015—which ended up defaulting to static images—versus 4.25 billion HTML5 ads.

Link:   http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/google-chrome-will-block-auto-playing-flash-ads-from-september-1/

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Link:  http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2015/07/two-new-flash-exploits-surface-from-hacking-team-combine-with-java-0-day/

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