Adobe reminded of the upcoming "death" Flash Player

Adobe reminded users that on December 31, 2020, the Adobe Flash Player program will expire.

As noted in Adobe , after this date, the company will not only stop providing updates, but also intends to remove all links for loading Flash Player from its site. Thus, users will not be able to install software and continue to use the unsupported version, writes SecurityLab . The company said that the Flash content will be blocked to launch in Adobe Flash Player after December 31, 2020. Probably, in the Flash Player code there is already or soon the so -called "slow -action bomb" will appear, which will prohibit the use of the program after the expiration of the support period.

Recall, Adobe almost three years ago announced that she plans to stop updating and supporting the Flash Player platform by the end of 2020. This decision in the company explained by the development of other standards, including HTML5, WebGL and WebASSEMBLY, which replace Flash Player when viewing multimedia content on the Internet.

Then the media called the Adobe plan logical: Flash Player vulnerabilities were regularly used by hackers, and the lack of support in Apple mobile devices played a significant role in stagnation of the service. In addition, in modern browsers, HTML5 replaces Flash Player.

Adobe Flash is the technology that has taken Adobe as a result of the acquisition of Macromedia in 2005. It allows you to create multimedia interactive content with animation and sound on web pages. On the basis of Flash, sites were previously very often created. Games are also based on this technology. At the same time, according to Symantec, Flash studies - a product with the largest number of “holes” from existing in the market, along with Adobe Acrobat.