[tbb-bugs] #17879 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Activating the Flash Player is not working anymore since Tor Browser 5.0.5

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#17879: Activating the Flash Player is not working anymore since Tor Browser 5.0.5
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Major                                |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  tbb-usability-website,               |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201512                           |
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Comment (by bugzilla):

 Replying to [comment:5 gk]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 bugzilla]:
 > > > *detection* being broken which is very likely due to the fix for
 #17207.
 > > Yes, and if you reread that mozbug carefully, you'll find out why you
 should add Flash to an exception. (In short: https://www.fxsitecompat.com
 /en-CA/docs/2016/navigator-plugins-and-navigator-mimetypes-no-longer-list-
 flash-when-it-s-click-to-activate)
 >
 > I have a hard time following you. First: The bug you are alluding to
 landed in Firefox 50 and this is unrelated to anything we ship in ESR45.
 Second and more important: that change is not even active due to issues
 Mozilla found. See the updates on the site you linked to and
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1296004.
 You have already changed {{{plugin.state.flash}}} the way Mozilla is
 trying to change in FF50, but still unsuccessful, because of the reasons
 which also affect TBB.

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