When is the use of Adobe Flash appropriate, and when is it not?

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Adobe Flash Player

Adobe flash player is a multimedia platform that has been designed to enable an individual to add interactivity and animation on web pages . It is largely used to create advertisements , animation and other web page components . Further , adobe flash can also be used to integrate video into the web and to develop internet applications . It is often a prerequisite when using some of the applications found in various web pages including playing online games

among other applications . Around the world , this application is used in almost ninety eight percent of all computers besides being slowly integrated into other gadgets such as mobile phones

By design , adobe flash player is an application that has the capability of contemporaneously interacting with websites if it is used on a computer which is connected to the internet . It has the capability of interacting with websites that contain flash contents that are been visited by other users around the globe . Consequently , it does jeopardize the security and privacy of an internet user . In essence , it can do this without the consent or awareness of the user given certain configurations . Persistent Identification Elements (PIEs ) which are configured in this application are capable of sending out important and sensitive personal information to one or more users . In other words , it is capable of sending data to one or more parties without the knowledge of the user . It is also capable of retrieving or accessing...