The following updates are scheduled to remove Flash support in common browsers: Right clicking still works as normal for a Flash applet.Ĭlicking the icon opens a new tab to the URL, which redirects to (Adobe’s End-Of-Life info page) as of this writing.īrowsers will also be removing support for the Flash plugin. While you left click the widget, it turns blue. While you roll over the widget, it shows a blue outline. Note that if you have already loaded Flash content before this time, you will be able to continue viewing it until you reload the webpage in your browser. When accessing Flash content in a web browser, if your system time is set to January 12, 2021, 12:00AM (midnight) or later, Flash content will be replaced with a Flash information button. Here is an in-depth preview of the effects of this kill switch.
What does the Flash Player kill switch do? Update: 12 Day Grace Period on the Flash Player Killswitch For more details see Update: 12 Day Grace Period on the Flash Player Killswitch In doing so, Adobe hopes to no longer be liable for any damage caused by vulnerabilities present in Flash Player, by making Flash Player outright unusable. Adobe has stated their reasoning behind the inclusion of this kill switch is to “help secure” users, seeing as Flash Player might still have undiscovered security vulnerabilities.
Why is there a kill switch built into my Flash Player?Īdobe has decided to retire Flash Player, which means no more updates.
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