[glfomfn]

What surprises me the most is not the number of exploits flash had over the past years or even there severity of those but the fact that people (including me) still NEED to keep Flash installed on there machines.

I am pretty paranoid when it comes to security but i still prefer to keep flash installed with all the security burden it brings than having to deal with a good portions of websites which wont render properly. Unfortunately we are far off from the day where flash is not needed.

[defen]

Firefox and Chrome (not sure about other browsers) have click-to-flash built in. It means you need one extra click to load flash, and about 1% of legit sites won't work (which you can manually whitelist). It's much better than the alternative of your computer only being as secure as the flash sandbox.

[oneeyedpigeon]

> having to deal with a good portions of websites which wont render properly

I am seriously interested in which sites these are. I suspect you're exaggerating (I'd be amazed if it were anything like at least 1%, let alone a "good portion") but am willing to be educated.

[jasomill]

As a data point, the only non-video site I currently have whitelisted for Flash in Safari is Google Maps.

[TwoBit]

There are many websites that depend on flash for non-mobile browsers.