I have disabled flash, and while I am at it, I blocked ads. Am running this on all my Macs and Linux machines. I don’t run Msoft any more (too much trouble).
What’s funny is I still get the pshising calls “your computer is infected, goto this website “ I reply ‘i don’t have a windows computer”.....click....
I used to get that all the time. :) Been running Linux since somewhere around 1990 and they brought a smile every time I saw one.
Ever since I started using AdBlock Pro and Ghostery, those little annoyances disappeared. No problems with Flash yet, but best to err on the side of caution.
“Hello, dis is Andy from MS Tech Center (in Bombay/Calcutta) calling...”
I like to string those lowlifes along for 5-10mins, and what they do now is get a “Mac specialist”, after I tell them I no longer use Win-7, and s/he gives me a similar routine to direct me to their website to download the remote controller, so they can take over my computer. Lots of hilarious YT vids to watch for that.
I hate badly designed websites. If I can't see the content I want to see within 30 seconds, I'm out of there and not going back. Especially if they won't use HTML5 but use the older flash crap or have a zillion ads in my face or a bunch of auto-running video ads. Build it badly, and they won't come!