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You don't need Java

• lutusp 14y ago
  > My recommendation to users that do not know if Java is installed on their system is to either disable the plugin in all Web browsers, or uninstall Java completely from the operating system. There's no need for the second step -- there's no vulnerability involved in having a Java runtime engine on your system. The current problem is limited to the browser plugin, so the first recommendation makes perfect sense. There are plenty of Java desktop applications that need the Java runtime to be present. You won't know which ones they are until they stop running because you removed Java entirely. Even apps that aren't Java apps per se, like LibreOffice, need Java to be present for certain things. So the tl;dr is -- deactivate the browser plugin, but don't uninstall Java. IMHO.