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Next Firefox will block all plugin content to step up security

The next version of the browser will block all plugin content like Flash, Java and Silverlight by default, and users would be given a Click-to-Play option.

January 31, 2013 / 13:30 IST
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In the wake of the security debacle Oracle's Java is going through, the folks at Mozilla are stepping up security in Firefox. According to a blog post by Director of Security Assurance at Mozilla, Michael Coates, the next version of the browser will block all plugin content like Flash, Java and Silverlight by default, and users would be given a Click-to-Play option. The new Firefox would expand on the Click-to-Play functionality Mozilla introduced in Firefox 17. Click here for full story

first published: Jan 31, 2013 01:22 pm

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