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Kill Flash now? Chrome may be about to do just that
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/13/kill_flash_now_chrome_may_be_about_to_do_just_that/Google's Chrome web browser could be disabling all Flash content by default before the year's out.
El Reg has learned that developers with the Chromium Project are working on a new feature known as 'HTML5 by Default'.
The move could help to keep users safe by locking off a favorite target for web-based malware exploits.
As its name suggests, the feature would set Chrome to run the HTML5 version of web pages by default. If not available, the browser would then check for Flash content and ask the user to manually approve it before loading.