TABan Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Just tried to upload stock images using Firefox on a Mac and got a Flash plugin security warning in the upload files window. Anyone else see it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Not that message, as I haven't uploaded for a couple of weeks, but I did get a very recent invitation to upgrade my Flash from Adobe a couple of days ago. Until I yielded I couldn't take a better look at the thumbnails in my zoomed images page. A little box popped up with "blocked" message. After upgrading, It needed a restart before things worked again. The upgrade invitation mentioned security yet again. There seem to be Flash upgrades almost on a monthly basis. Tiresome but we have to go along or find things stop working. There is an option to just let Adobe upgrade automatically, but I'm too wary for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 There was a security patch last week. Wiskerke helpfully spotted it for us. http://discussion.alamy.com/index.php?/topic/4276-security-advisory-for-adobe-flash-player/?hl=flash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 my Flash Reader info dates the latest update as July 12 version 18.0.0.203 which seems to replace the vulnerable 18.0.0.194 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABan Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Evidently, Flash vulnerabilities are popping up all the time. Maybe it's time for Alamy to change with the times. http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/13/its-time-to-uninstall-adobes-flash-from-your-mac---heres-how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanGibson Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 It looks like Facebook's chief security officer agrees with you http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/14/adobe-flash-support-mozilla-facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Endicott Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Firefox is blocking Flash as of Monday night (in the U.S.) http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/14/technology/flash-firefox-facebook/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom If you want to use Flash then you need to use a different browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 No. You can allow an exception for MI. Working fine here with FF. Additionally v18.0.209 is showing as up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABan Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Is ftp upload available to everyone now? I don't recall getting any notification of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I cannot replicate that blocking in my Firefox 39 with Flash 18.0.0.23 (both current). Setting Flash to click to play is probably possible: Make sure you have Flash Player version 18.0.0.23. Instruction here. wim edit: spacecadet is right about version .209 being current. get it here: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 The FF warning about Flash being blocked by default has disappeared from the plugin check page since my last post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Is ftp upload available to everyone now? I don't recall getting any notification of this. If you haven't had the email. probably not, but if FTP appears on the 'upload' dropdown on My Alamy, then you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnie5 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Here is another article about flash. http://www.cnet.com/news/gone-in-a-flash-facebook-says-adobes-plug-in-is-a-security-risk-no-longer-worth-taking/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cnet%2FNnTv+%28CNET+River+RSS%29#ftag=CADf328eec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 My Blackberry phone has flash blocked at the moment. Can't watch any youtube on the phone right now. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 My Blackberry phone has flash blocked at the moment. Can't watch any youtube on the phone right now. Jill At least YT is now non-Flash (HTML5) on computers. That surprised me. FF seems to be happy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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