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Re: Firefox Blocks Flash for Security Reasons
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2015, 07:05:08 am »

I killed off Flash years ago.
You should not be using any browser plug-ins if you are concerned about security.
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Re: Firefox Blocks Flash for Security Reasons
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2015, 01:00:21 pm »

Google blocks Flash, and Facebook calls for Death of Flash:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3160644/Google-Mozilla-pull-plug-Adobe-Flash-Tech-giants-disable-program-browsers-following-critical-security-flaw.html

I liked the Register's comment:

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And relax. The worst, very worst, part of it all is that Steve Jobs was right. ®

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Re: Firefox Blocks Flash for Security Reasons
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2015, 02:23:58 pm »

I do hope the BBC move over to HTML5 soon for IPlayer.  They must be working on it now.
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Re: Firefox Blocks Flash for Security Reasons
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2015, 02:39:32 pm »

They say Google blocked it too, however they updated the Pepper Flash plugin today in a Chrome update. I cannot wait for the day that both Flash and Java die. As soon as Twitch supports HTML5 video I'm removing Flash for good.
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Re: Firefox Blocks Flash for Security Reasons
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2015, 03:11:44 pm »

For me its only BBC Iplayer, of which I watch a lot.
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Re: Firefox Blocks Flash for Security Reasons
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2015, 03:30:08 pm »

They say Google blocked it too, however they updated the Pepper Flash plugin today in a Chrome update. I cannot wait for the day that both Flash and Java die. As soon as Twitch supports HTML5 video I'm removing Flash for good.
If you append /hls to the Twitch URL, it may play directly in MC20.  Give it a try and report back.

Otherwise, you can play it in Livestreamer with VLC.

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Re: Firefox Blocks Flash for Security Reasons
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2015, 03:42:02 pm »

For me its only BBC Iplayer, of which I watch a lot.
Most BBC iPlayer applications use HTML5 - Android, iOS, and other device players.

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Re: Firefox Blocks Flash for Security Reasons
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2015, 03:48:16 pm »

Flash now seems to be "up to date".  Presumably they have fixed the problems.  Firefox no longer blocks the latest version.

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