Java

[SuperDave]

Here's an interesting article about Java security.

[Geek-9pm]

Good job, Dave.

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Flaw in widely used technical language could pose problems, experts say
The Associated Press
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:56 AM ET
Last Updated: Jan 12, 2013 9:55 AM ET
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks.
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One can not just ignore a warning like this. 

[BC_Programmer]

Java Applets are rather 1990's anyway... And they weren't very good then, either.

(Basically, why would somebody have Java enabled in the browser to begin with?)

[Geek-9pm]

Java Applets are rather 1990's anyway... And they weren't very good then, either.
(Basically, why would somebody have Java enabled in the browser to begin with?)

Many years ago I use Java in a few of my eBay pages because I was too lazy to use anything else. But it was not  security problem back them. The java code was actually in my website, the the eBay page. I know, that sounds convoluted. But it worked. Which was  all I wanted.

Anyway, BC is right on. Java is so 1990 like.  OK. 1995.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history

At JavaOne 2011, Oracle discussed features they hope to have in Java 9, including better support for multi-gigabyte heaps, better native code integration, and a self-tuning JVM.

[BC_Programmer]

Stuff like this is also not helped by the rampant confusion between Java and Javascript. I can imagine a lot of people disabled "Java" by disabling Javascript.