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In the last several months, there have been a lot of tech talk about Java's security problems.

Here is a brief overview from USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/colu ... a/1840219/

This morning on ZDNet

Oracle's Java plugin for browsers is a notoriously insecure product. Over the past 18 months, the company has released 11 updates, six of them containing critical security fixes. With each update, Java actively tries to install unwanted software. Here's what it does, and why it has to stop
see
http://www.zdnet.com/a-close-look-at-ho ... s_cid=e539

I have not turned Java off at home or work and hopefully others will comment
 
Norton sent out a note saying that with Internet Security we were protected from these Java issues.
 
I uninstalled Java from both my Macs and PCs. I also disabled Java in Firefox and Safari browsers.

For instructions, Google 'disable Java in Firefox (or whatever)'.

I have not noticed any problems with websites.
 
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