The Linux Flash player is ancient as Adobe stopped supporting the NPAPI plugin for Linux years ago. Security updates trickle in, but the lead time for fixes is pretty long. So this week I took the plunge and removed Adobe flash from my workstation at work, and workstation at home. I'm trying lightspark (not to be confused with lightspark pro the malware) at work, and gash at home as well as just forcing sites to use html 5 where possible. The real question is if the internet is over flash enough to survive or if gash or lightspark have what it takes. I may just end up switching back to Chrome for the PPAPI plugin that's built into the browser.
Edit Jan 22:
Seriously you should to at least have a flash blocker to prevent random web sites from owning your system.
http://threatpost.com/adobe-patches-one-zero-day-in-flash-still-investigating-separate-vulnerability/110586
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