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Java is still the most secure widespread runtime

Who cares about Java's applet security flaw, Android is client-side's future anyway

By Andrew C. Oliver, InfoWorld, 01/31/13

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The advance of Java was giving application developers just enough power to write powerful applications without requiring such dangerous tasks as managing memory. The next generation of high-level languages hopes to remove the developer from managing concurrency as well. These measures make us safer, and while they aren't targeted only at security, they often have wide-ranging positive security implications.

As for the client...

Java has a major client implementation that's enormously successful and doesn't use the same security infrastructure. It's called Android. It is the beginning, the end, and the future of client-side Java. Everyone else will use AJAX/HTML anyhow. Who cares about the Java plug-in or Web-delivered client-side Java? Not me. Time to advance!

In another week or two you'll find out Flash is still one big security hole with animation features. Disable it in advance. YouTube supports HTML5 video in supporting browsers (Chrome/Firefox), so you won't miss your latest "Gangam Style" parodies. Frankly, Flash is a bigger and more widespread problem that will take longer to undeploy as a mainstream technology.  Just remember, when it comes to security, browser plugins are bad ummkay.

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