No-one needs flash anymore: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/108086?hl=en
polonus
Flash isn't dead at all:
Adobe Flash Player is directly integrated with Google Chrome and enabled by default. Available updates for Adobe Flash Player are automatically included in Chrome system updates.
A.) It's still there, you just don't see it any more in Chrome, but it is there and updated as part of Chrome.
B) You have got to be using Chrome, so that isn't going to happen for everyone (me for one).
I still have Flash and Java installed and Avast or me myself keep it up-to-date as much as possible
The problem is that the updates only happen after another vulnerability has been discovered and left you exposed.
So the same is true of Chrome&Flash, vulnerabilities can still be exploited before Chrome is updated.
That's why you also run Flashcontrol in Chrome.
Yes, but you miss my point Flash is still present, as are potential vulnerabilities which could be exploited. How are you to know that there isn't a potential vulnerability when you give flashcontrol the OK to load it.
It may well limit the risk but it doesn't completely remove it.
NoScript can also restrict the running of Flash (and JAVA if you have that too), also in the Flash Player settings you can restrict it from storing data on your system.
So there are ways to limit risk, but not completely remove it, this is why hard disk imaging is the way to go for a backup and recovery strategy.