Facebook’s head of security wants Flash to die

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by Sindy Cator on July 13, 2015 at 2:21 pm

Flash is the knotweed of the internet, an infestation crawling with bugs and full of unsightly holes. But despite Apple’s best attempts to rip it out by the roots by denying it a home in iOS’ walled garden, and the flowering of HTML5, it’s still not going away. Facebook’s newly appointed Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos has taken to Twitter to call for more rapid moves to force Flash’s extinction. Even if 18 months from now, one set date is the only way to disentangle the dependencies and upgrade the whole ecosystem at once. — Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) July 12,…