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Hi Oracle,

We’ve got a bit of problem: applets.

You see, almost every recent security vulnerability and recent hack – Facebook, Apple, NYT – has been because of your support for applets.

Just to name a few, there’s CVE-2012-3213,CVE-2012-3342,CVE-2013-0351,CVE-2013-0409,CVE-2013-0419,CVE-2013-0423,CVE-2013-0424,CVE-2013-0425,CVE-2013-0426,CVE-2013-0427,CVE-2013-0428,CVE-2013-0429,CVE-2013-0432,CVE-2013-043,CVE-2013-0434,CVE-2013-0435,CVE-2013-0438,CVE-2013-0440,CVE-2013-0441,CVE-2013-0442,CVE-2013-0443,CVE-2013-0445,CVE-2013-0450,CVE-2013-1473,CVE-2013-1475,CVE-2013-1476,CVE-2013-1478,CVE-2013-1480,CVE-2013-1481,CVE-2013-1486,CVE-2013-1487,CVE-2013-1488.

I’ve been developing in Java for many years and I can attest that nobody uses applets anymore. It’s old outdated technology that needs to go away. It’s too heavy of a platform to deliver web applications. The future of web technology is light weight. The future is HTML5, Javascript, and CSS3.

We all make mistakes and nobody is going to blame you (except maybe the malware authors) for getting rid of applets.

Do it! Axe it!

Sincerely,
Security Enthusiast and Java Developer
Dustin Schultz

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