Fair enough, but that's not really a very good argument for its inherent security either. There is a long history of problems with Flash. Silverlight has had v

Fair enough, but that's not really a very good argument for its inherent security either. There is a long history of problems with Flash. Silverlight has had vulnerabilities as well. But those are 3rd party binary plugins. It's a lot easier to disable, uninstall, and move beyond 3rd party plugins than it is widely-adopted standards implemented by the browser vendors themselves. It's because it is so appealing and has the potential to become quite popular that we're talking about it now.